In order to understand how to treat Type 1 Diabetes with cord blood stem cells we’ll begin with what cord blood stem cell is. Cord blood is the blood that remains in the newborn’s blood after birth. Collecting cord blood cells is a simple, safe, painless procedure that usually takes less than five …
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An extremely rare and often fatal disease —Malignant Infantile Osteopetrosis — was the basis of an unlikely friendship that formed between the Shaffers from Landsdowne, Pa. and the Albornoz’s from Ecuador when both of their sons were diagnosed. You can read the whole story here. While this story has a happy ending …
Continue ReadingPhillies Pitcher Cliff Lee’s perspective on a ‘ good day at work’
Ever since Cliff Lee’s son, Jaxon, was diagnosed with leukemia ten years ago, the major league pitcher never takes one day for granted. Through several rounds of chemotherapy and ultimately an umbilical cord transplant, Jaxon has made a full recovery and is now considered to be in remission. Because his doctors were able use stem cells to …
Continue ReadingLeukemia boy saved with baby sister’s cord blood
An eight-year-old boy who received umbilical cord blood from his 22-month-old sister to treat his leukemia a month ago has become healthy again, the Shanghai Cord Blood Center said today. He was diagnosed with acute leukemia and with no possible cure in sight so his parents conceived and gave birth to a baby girl and …
Continue ReadingBlood breakthrough for leukemia patients
Today, blood cancers such as leukemia are treated with blood and bone marrow transplants which, as we know, are often difficult to match. Some readers may have heard that umbilical cord blood is being tested against these diseases because young stem cells often do not generate a reaction from the immune system. Evenwhen not matched, therefore, they may …
Continue ReadingTwo Units of Cord Blood Reduces Likelihood of Recurrence of Leukemia
A recent study conducted at the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota discovered that transplantation of 2 units of cord blood significantly reduces the likelihood of recurrence of leukemia. This finding may change treatment protocol for patients who are at high risk for recurrence of leukemia and other cancers of the blood and bone marrow. …
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