The protein analysis of the umbilical cord may allow the detection of early neonatal sepsis – a serious infection that affects about 1% of newborns, causing the deaths of close to 50%. The conclusion is a group of researchers from the Medical School of Yale, the United States of America, which identified a number of proteins in the umbilical cord that are associated with this infection. From Readmore
Cord blood donated is matched to cancer patient
Umbilical cord blood donated by a Yakima Valley mom has been matched to a 46-year old man suffering from leukemia, Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital said today. The match is the first since Memorial started collecting cord blood through the Puget Sound Blood Center for the National Cord Blood Inventory in 2008. Cord blood collected from a mother following delivery contains valuable stem cells. Readmore
STEM CELL TRANSPLANT STILL DEFEATS HIV..
Add one more name to the ever growing list of diseases that have been defeated by stem cell treatments: HIV. That’s right, a stem cell transplant performed in Germany has unexpectedly removed all signs of HIV from a 42 year old American patient. The unnamed white male was treated two years ago for Leukemia with a dose of donor stem cells and his HIV RNA count has dropped to zero and remained Readmore
Cord blood stem cell for incurable diseases
An internationally known pioneer in using umbilical cord stem cells will research novel cerebral palsy treatments thanks to a $10.2 million gift to Duke University. Kurtzberg has used umbilical cord cells to treat cancer and genetic disorders in children. In many cases, infusions of cord blood have reversed and even cured otherwise fatal disorders. Kurtzberg has recently begun using the Readmore
BONE STEM CELLS CAN BE USED FOR DAMAGED HIP
Bone stem cells could in future be used instead of bone from donors as part of an innovative new hip replacement treatment, according to scientists at the University of Southampton. A team from the University’s School of Medicine believe that introducing a patient’s own skeletal stem cells into the hip joint during bone grafting would encourage more successful regrowth and repair. The Readmore
STEM CELL USED TO RE-BUILT 10-YRS OLD BRITISH BOY WINDPIPE
A British boy, suffering from Long Segment Congenital Tracheal Stenosis, a disorder where patients are born with narrow wind pipes, has received path breaking stem cell surgery. British and Italian doctors rebuild the windpipe of the boy with stem cells developed within his own body. The procedure was performed on Monday and it lasted approximately 9 hours. The boy was operated upon at the Readmore
Spinal cement may help bone marrow cancer patients
New technologies like organic cement used in repairing spinal fractures might soon help bone marrow cancer patients. A project led by University of Leeds engineers will focus on the incurable cancer of the bone marrow that causes destructive lesions (abnormal tissue) in bones and makes them more susceptible to fracture. The study will analyze whether techniques such as injecting organic cements Readmore
Stem cell therapy for thalassemia patients
Stem cell have already changed—and saved—thousands of lives around the world. They have already been used to treat more than 70 diseases, including numerous types of malignancies, anemia’s, inherited metabolic disorders and deficiencies of the immune system. Exactly 49 days ago, Harshil Nanda was a severely ill thalassemia patient with B positive blood group. Today, he is a healthy Readmore
STEM CELL THERAPY FOR PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE
Stem cell therapy is relatively new and fast developing field. There is huge interest among general public, patients suffering from incurable and difficult to cure diseases, professionals, scientists and investors in this area of therapeutic medicine. Significant stem cell research has grown rapidly in the past few years, with series of important discoveries, such as induced pluripotent stem, Readmore
THE DENTAL STEM CELL ADVANTAGE
The presence of stem cell in milk tooth or the wisdom tooth was found more by accident in 2003 by Dr. Songtao Shi, an American stem cell scientist and a former pedodontist. His 6-year-old daughter decided her father should take out her wobbly milk tooth rather than her mother. When he glanced in the tooth, he noticed the pulp which was still living. In his laboratory, Dr. Shi extracted cells Readmore