The world’s first clinical trial to investigate if cord blood can cure HIV is set to start early next year in Spain.
The study aims to treat five patients within three years and seeks to become the world’s first clinical trial of its kind.
The use of stem cells to treat diabetes has been in clinical trial for many years. As with all clinical trials, there have been many advancements and set-backs. However, for the first time, there has been an umbilical cord stem cell transfusion into a patient, in the hope that it will prevent them from developing type I diabetes.
One of the most exciting projects that is currently in clinical trial is the use of stem cells to treat cerebral palsy.
A disease which unfortunately afflicts many, the potential to treat this disease using stem cells is closely watched by the world.
