Category: Clinical updates

Baby girl’s cord blood gives new hope to curing sister’s aplastic anaemia

Published on: 6th June 2018

Five-year-old Sun Lexuan, from China, is critically ill with the rare blood disorder, aplastic anaemia. Her parents made the decision to conceive her younger sister, Sun Yiwei, so that the umbilical cord blood could be used as treatment.

Cord blood stem cells offer promising autism treatment

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A new and unique study by Stem Cells Translational Medicine shows noticeable improvements in socialisation in children with autism, when they were treated with their own cord blood stem cells.

Possible tooth decay treatment with dental pulp stem cells

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Research published by two university laboratories in China gives new hope to tooth decay sufferers. It shows that modified dental pulp stem cells could promote dental tissue regeneration.

Umbilical cord stem cells may prevent liver transplant rejection

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A pilot study suggests that umbilical cord tissue-derived stem cells (UC-MSCs) can help prevent liver rejection after transplantation.

Cord blood shown to help cerebral palsy treatment

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Another study published in STEM CELLS TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE shows that autologous umbilical cord blood can improve motor function in young children with cerebral palsy.

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