Cord Blood News

Cord Blood News

March 4, 2008
Lifetime Probability of Needing a Stem Cell Transplant is Much Higher Than Previously Reported, Data Shows

July 12, 2007
Cord Blood: To Save Or Not?
Stem cells from umbilical cords can treat diseases, so should parents invest in keeping them?

June 25, 2007
Cord Blood Helped in Type 1 Diabetes
Giving children with type 1 diabetes an infusion of blood saved from their own umbilical cords helped reduce the severity of their disease.

June 7, 2007
Research Shows Cord Blood Comparable to Matched Bone Marrow
University of Minnesota researchers report that umbilical cord blood transplants may offer blood cancer patients better outcomes than bone marrow transplants.

May 25, 2007
Adult Stem Cells from Human Cord Umbilical Cord Blood Successfully Engineered to Make Insulin
In a fundamental discovery that someday may help cure type 1 diabetes by allowing people to grow their own insulin-producing cells for a damaged or defective pancreas, medical researchers here have reported that they have engineered adult stem cells derived from human umbilical cord blood to produce insulin.

March 30, 2007
Rapid Rate of Recovery
Stem cells could be the way of the future in healing sports injuries, enabling athletes to regrow damaged ligaments.

January 1, 2007
First Report of Autologous Cord Blood Transplantation in the Treatment of a Child With Leukemia
In this first report of autologous cord blood transplantation for treatment of childhood leukemia, the researchers discuss the safety and feasibility of this procedure as well as some of the uncertainties surrounding autologous cord blood collection and usage.

September 27, 2006
The Cord Blood Cure
Rich in stem cells, umbilical cord blood has become a viable alternative to bone marrow transplantation in adults.

July 29, 2006
Brother's Blood is a Lifelife
After cordblood transplants in the past year, three individuals with sickle cell anemia are doing well.

June 20, 2006
Rarely-performed Stem Cell Transplant Helps Fort Campbell Soldier Fight Leukemia
Charles Dougherty, a corporal in the U.S. Army, was the first adult patient at Vanderbilt to receive stem cells harvested from umbilical cord blood.

May 26, 2006
Hospital Performs Cord Blood Transplant on Adult Patient
Transplant surgeons at Methodist University Hospital performed the region's first ever cord blood transplant into an adult Thursday.

Insurance Company OKs Boy's Cell Transplant
A 6-year-old Albuquerque boy flew to Tucson today in hopes a stem-cell transplant from an anonymous donor will save his life. Now he waits to learn if he'll be allowed to get a transplant of stem cells banked from a donor's umbilical cord.

May 6, 2006
£1,000 to Freeze Babies' Umbilical Cord Blood
More than 90 parents in Scotland have paid in excess of £1,000 to have their children's umbilical blood frozen to preserve stem cells, which could one day be used to cure a range of medical conditions.