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Human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells protect mice brain after trauma

October 20, 2011

Abstract Objective: To investigate whether human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells, a novel source of progenitors with multilineage potential: 1) decrease traumatic brain injury sequelae and restore brain function; 2) are able to survive and home to the lesioned region; and 3) induce relevant changes in the environment in which they are infused. Design: [...]

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Researchers explore use of cord-blood cells for brain injury

April 28, 2011

Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston are preparing to conduct a study on the use of stored umbilical-cord blood cells to treat traumatic brain injury in children. A similar study conducted earlier using bone marrow stem cells yielded positive results, the researchers said. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) contributes to 50% [...]

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Cord Blood Stem Cells used to treat Brain Cancer in Spain

March 22, 2011

Seville, Spain,  (CNA/Europa Press).- A four-year-old girl has become the first patient in Spain to recover from brain cancer after being treated with stem cells from her own umbilical cord blood. Alba was born healthy in 2007, but at age two she was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer. Her treatment consisted of [...]

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Safety and Effectiveness of Cord Blood Stem Cell Infusion for the Treatment of Cerebral Palsy in Children

February 15, 2011

The purpose of this study is to conduct an observer-blinded crossover investigation of the safety and efficacy of autologous cord blood infusion in children who demonstrate non-progressive motor disability due to brain dysfunction (commonly called cerebral palsy) and who do not have an apparent disorder of brain development or obstructive hydrocephalus. The degree of delay [...]

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The benefits of banking cord blood by Dr. Michael Urig

December 29, 2010

Cord blood has been used for many years to treat as many as 80 different diseases, including leukemia, other cancers and blood disorders. More recently, research has shown that cord blood may have the potential to treat conditions like brain injury and juvenile diabetes. http://ow.ly/3nnLU http://fb.me/NLlA6ZJn

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Adult Stem Cells from Cord Blood Enhance Aging Brain Cells

December 15, 2010

Researchers from the University of South Florida have shown that adult stem cells from human umbilical cord blood can enhance the survival and maturation of brain neurons from both young and old laboratory animals. The research may have implications for degenerative diseases of the brain, as well as for brain trauma. The aging population is [...]

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September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September 13, 2010

Cancer is diagnosed in approximately 12,400 children between birth and age 19 years in the United States each year. Among the 12 major types of childhood cancers, leukemias and cancers of the brain and central nervous system represent more than 50 percent of new cases. Leukemias account for about one-third of cancers in children, with [...]

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Patent for a Cell Transplantation Procedure Using Umbilical Cord Blood Cells

July 9, 2010

The University of South Florida’s Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair has been granted a patent for a cell transplantation procedure combining human umbilical cord blood (HUCB) cells and a sugar-alcohol compound called “mannitol” that may make a big difference in treating life-threatening neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and stroke, [...]

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Cord Blood Breakthroughs

March 25, 2010

NEW YORK (WABC) — Cord blood is already helping cancer patients and those suffering from blood disorders. Now, doctors are using umbilical cord blood to tackle a new set of incurable conditions including brain damage to diabetes. A stroke at birth caused 6-year-old Max’s cerebral palsy. He’s one of about 150 kids getting infusions of [...]

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Duke University Receives $10.2 million Grant for Cord Blood Research

March 22, 2010

Duke University has received a grant from the Robertson Foundation to facilitate  Duke Medicine’s pioneering cell therapy research and treatment programs for children and adults with cancer, cerebral palsy, stroke and brain injuries suffered at birth.   The intention of the grant, according to Victor J. Dzau, M.D., chancellor for Health Affairs, is to facilitate the [...]

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