She was given a treatment which uses blood from donated umbilical cords ... The hospital said the trial saw her receive "a cord blood stem cell transplant" alongside a series of white blood ...

Biol. Blood Marrow Transplant. 14, 316–322 (2008). Puigdomenech Rosell, P. & Virt, G. Ethical aspects of umbilical cord blood banking, Opinion 19 of The European Group on Ethics in Science and ...

A woman in the New York City area appears to be the third person and the first woman ever to be cured of an HIV infection following a new stem cell transplant treatment involving umbilical cord blood.

it is called an allogeneic transplant. It's more usual to have stem cells collected from the donor’s bloodstream. But some donors might have stem cells collected from their bone marrow. Some people ...

Umbilical cord blood therapy can benefit elderly patients who may not be candidates for more aggressive treatments like bone marrow transplants. As people age, their immune systems weaken and ...

A five-year-old boy has been able to leave his home for the first time in six months following a successful stem cell transplant made from a baby’s umbilical cord blood, which was donated 15 ...

The newest option, umbilical cord blood transplants, uses stem cells collected after childbirth. These cells offer unique advantages, including greater flexibility in matching donors to recipients.

He had his first stem cell transplant following a worldwide ... more people to register as stem cell donors, including umbilical cord blood donation. Family photo Gunner has enjoyed playing ...

Umbilical cord blood transplant has been successfully performed for CML patients in accelerated phase or blastic transformation. [87,88,89] The utility of cord blood transplants for adult ...

The blood cancer research charity was founded in 2015, and at the same time launched a cord blood banking service, the Model ...