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Future Health Biobank at The Baby Show, ExCel London from 28th February – 1st March 2020.

Published on: 20th January 2020

We are excited to announce that we will be exhibiting at The Baby Show, ExCel London on stand L50. The show runs from 28th February – 1st March 2020.

Newborn has open-heart surgery with own cord blood

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Ilya was born in 2009 in the town of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, with congenital heart defects. However, thanks to surgeons and the newborn boy’s own umbilical cord blood, Ilya’s life was transformed.

Pauline Bailey and family

Published on: 30th December 2019

In June 2015 I was diagnosed with Mixed Phenotype Acute Myloid Leukaemia. AML is one of the most aggressive forms of Leukaemia and goes from zero to 100% cancer cells in 4-8 weeks. I needed a course of intensive high strength chemotherapy followed by a stem cell transplant in 2015 to save my life. I underwent my transplant in October 2015 but first needed to find a stem cell donor match.

Facu’s cord blood stem cells help treat his cerebral palsy

Published on: 9th December 2019

Facundo is a young boy from Argentina, whose parents had decided to bank his cord blood stem cells at birth after hearing about the service from a friend. Little did they know how life changing this decision would be for Facundo, when he developed cerebral palsy shortly after he was born.

Amelia in remission from cancer after cord blood stem cell transplant

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Amelia Topa, a young toddler in the North East of England, will be home just in time for Christmas after receiving a pioneering stem cell transplant to treat a rare combination of cancers.

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