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...
Cord Blood Stem Cells May Help Treat Children with Hearing Loss
New research investigating the use of a child’s own (autologous) umbilical cord blood in the treatment of hearing loss has yielded positive results, as reported in the Journal of Audiology and Otology. Over 2,000 babies are born in Canada every year with hearing loss...
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...