Sibling Umbilical Cord Blood Providing Options for Cerebral Palsy
Armaan’s Story When Nosheen’s first child, Armaan, was born, there were complications during birth causing severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy due to the lack of oxygen. The prognosis for Armaan was dire. “We didn’t expect to be able to take him home,” says...
How cord blood “changed my daughter’s life”
How cord blood “changed my daughter’s life”: Phallon’s Story Lizanne admits that when it came to cord blood banking, she was a skeptic with little knowledge of the rationale behind storing her baby’s stem cells. While pregnant with her second child, Lizanne’s...
Expanded access to cord blood therapy for cerebral palsy and autism patients
Children with various brain disorders, such as autism and cerebral palsy, who have their own or a sibling’s cord blood stored in a family bank may now be able to receive cord blood therapy. The cord blood therapy is being provided by Duke University Medical Centre...
New Cord Blood Research Shows Improvements in Cerebral Palsy
Results published this week, in Stem Cells Translational Medicine, find the use of umbilical cord blood stem cells increases motor function and brain connectivity in children with cerebral palsy (CP). The phase 2 clinical trial, conducted at the world leading Duke...