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5 reasons why families bank their children’s tooth stem cells

Published on: 9th December 2019

Here at Future Health Biobank, we speak to thousands of parents about the benefits of banking their child’s stem cells. The majority are considering the unique opportunity to collect and store their child’s cord blood stem cells at birth. Collection of stem cells from the umbilical cord is common in most countries globally, either publicly or privately.

Asia’s mild spastic tetraplegia treated with her own cord blood

Published on: 21st November 2019

Just a few months after Asia was born, her parents noticed that something wasn’t right. She had problems with holding objects, her movements weren’t fluid and she seemed to be falling behind with other developmental milestones. After many failed investigations at different practitioners, Asia was finally diagnosed with mild spastic tetraplegia due to a lack of oxygen at birth.

Future Health Biobank at The Baby to Toddler Show, ExCel from 23rd – 24th November 2019

Published on: 31st October 2019

We are excited to announce that we will be exhibiting at The Baby to Toddler Show, ExCel on stand C22. The show runs from 23rd – 24th November 2019.

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.

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