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Four-year-old’s life saved with his own cord blood

Published on: 23rd October 2019

At only four years old, Henrique is the first person in Portugal to receive an infusion of his own cord blood stem cells, in what’s known as an autologous cord blood transplant. The stem cells were used to successfully put Henrique in remission from severe aplastic anaemia.

Umbilical cord tissue: the richest source of stem cells?

Published on: 14th October 2019

A recently published paper in the Stem Cell Research & Therapy medical journal shows that umbilical cord tissue can provide large volumes of stem cells over a prolonged period. In theory, this means that people with stored cord tissue could have more stem cells available to them for multiple treatments.

Future Health releases stem cell sample to treat child with cerebral palsy

Published on: 18th September 2019

A three-year-old girl has received treatment for cerebral palsy (CP), using her baby brother’s cord blood stem cells. The sample was taken from their mother’s umbilical cord at birth and stored with Future Health Biobank, at our Swiss storage facility.

Autologous cord blood investigated for treating cerebral palsy in children

Published on: 8th August 2019

1 in 400 children are diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP) – a condition caused by brain development problems before, during or soon after birth. Although there is no single treatment yet, growing evidence suggests that certain types of stem cells could help treat the symptoms of CP.

One-year-old girl to become youngest stem cell transplant patient

Published on: 29th July 2019

One-year-old Phoebe from Birmingham was diagnosed with leukaemia at only seven months old. After unsuccessful chemotherapy, her recovery now depends on finding a stem cell donor match. If a match is found, she will be the youngest person in the world to receive a stem cell transplant.

WATCH: TED Talk on regrowing heart muscle with stem cells

Published on: 12th July 2019

In this TED Talk Dr. Chuck Murry talks about stem cells and how they could potentially regrow heart muscle.

Blood cancer and stem cells: finding a match

Published on: 24th June 2019