Australia Allows Umbilical Cord Blood Therapy for Cerebral Palsy
June 2025 Zara was the first child in Australia to receive cord blood therapy for cerebral palsy outside of a clinical trial. In April 2025, Zara received an infusion of her own umbilical cord blood under the supervision of Dr. Michael Fahey, pediatric neurologist at Monash Children’s Hospital. The regulatory pathway that made Zara’s treatment […]
Recent clinical trials with stem cells to slow or reverse normal aging processes
Abstract Aging is associated with a decline in the regenerative potential of stem cells. In recent years, several clinical trials have been launched in order to evaluate the efficacy of mesenchymal stem cell interventions to slow or reverse normal aging processes (aging conditions). Information concerning those clinical trials was extracted from national and international databases […]
Future Perspectives: Implementation of Artificial Intelligence in Umbilical Cord Biobanking
Introduction The incorporation and implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into Umbilical cord biobanking is still at its developing stage, but there is a great potential that artificial intelligence will be progressively incorporated and implemented into the various aspects of umbilical cord blood biobanking. This article elaborates extensively on the various aspects of the Umbilical Cord […]
New study shows stem cell therapy ‘jump-start’ brain repair after stroke
by Gladstone Institutes Editors’ notes A team of scientists—including Agnieszka Ciesielska (left), Barbara Klein (center), and Jeanne Paz (right)—showed that modified stem cells can improve brain activity, even when administered more than a month after a stroke. Credit: Michael Short/Gladstone Institutes Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke. For survivors of […]
Two more people with HIV may be cured after stem cell transplants
Two more people appear to be free of HIV after stem cell transplants for cancer treatment, according to a pair of posters presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2025) this week in San Francisco. If the men remain in remission, they will be the ninth and tenth cases of a functional […]
Baby with spina bifida has promising future after fetal surgery with stem cells
By Erin Baily Dad reaching out to son who’s walking toward him Lindsey was 18 weeks pregnant with her fifth child when she got a life-changing phone call. Her blood work was abnormal. She and husband, Jared, went in for an ultrasound and got some news they never expected: Their developing baby had spina bifida. […]
Cord Blood Proven Effective for Cerebral Palsy
April 2025 What is new? A paper has just been published, in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal Pediatrics, which statistically demonstrates that cord blood cell therapy is an effective treatment for improving the gross motor skills of children with cerebral palsy (CP)1. This paper is the outcome of an international collaboration which performed an Individual […]
Diabetic Woman No Longer Needs Insulin After Single Dose of Experimental Stem Cells
A Canadian woman with type 1 diabetes spent nearly a decade dependent on her glucose monitor and insulin shots — but after a single dose of manufactured stem cells implanted into her liver, she’s now free. In an interview with CTV, 36-year-old Amanda Smith of London, Ontario described how it felt to be part of […]
‘My eye was saved by a placenta after acid attack’
Sharon Barbour Health correspondent, BBC North East and Cumbria BBC Paul Laskey is smiling. He is in a short sleeved top and sitting on his sofa at home. The white of his repaired eye is still quite red. BBC Paul Laskey’s eye has been saved with the help of a donated placenta A donated placenta […]
World-first stem-cell treatment restores vision in people
The treatment, given to four people with damaged corneas, seems safe but needs to be tested in larger trials. By Smriti Mallapaty Twitter Facebook Email Close up view of a human eye during a slit lamp eye examination. The transparent cornea is the outermost layer of the eye. Credit: Patrick Landmann/SPL Three people with severely […]