News tagged with cord blood
How injured nerves grow themselves back
Unlike nerves of the spinal cord, the peripheral nerves that connect our limbs and organs to the central nervous system have an astonishing ability to regenerate themselves after injury. Now, a new report in the October 1st ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Do we clamp the umbilical cord too soon?
The timing of umbilical cord clamping at birth should be delayed just a few minutes longer, suggest researchers at the University of South Florida's Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair.
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May 24, 2010 |
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Researchers identify new stem cell
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered a new type of stem cell in the skin that acts surprisingly like certain stem cells found in embryos: both can generate fat, bone, cartilage, and even nerve cells. These newly-described ...
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Dec 07, 2009 |
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First successful use of expanded umbilical-cord blood units to treat leukemia
Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have cleared a major technical hurdle to making umbilical-cord-blood transplants a more widely-used method for treating leukemia and other blood cancers.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 17, 2010 |
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Newly identified growth factor promotes stem cell growth, regeneration
Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have identified a new growth factor that stimulates the expansion and regeneration of hematopoietic (blood-forming) stem cells in culture and in laboratory animals. The discovery, ...
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Mar 21, 2010 |
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Human umbilical cord blood cells aid lab animal brain cell survival after simulated stroke
Human umbilical cord blood cells (HUCB) used to treat cultured rat brain cells (astrocytes) deprived of oxygen appear to protect astrocytes from cell death after stroke-like damage, reports a team of researchers from the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 24, 2010 |
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Families flying toddlers to China for stem-cell treatments
Driven mostly by hope, two California families will travel more than 6,000 miles to China for an experimental stem-cell treatment for their children.
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Hospital finds hope in umbilical cords
When Jennifer Garcia scheduled the birth of her daughter at South Miami Hospital, nurses asked her an unusual question: "After your baby is born, are you willing to donate the umbilical cord to save someone's life?"
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Scientists discover cause of destructive inflammations
The signaling molecule CD95L, known as "death messenger," causes an inflammatory process in injured tissue after spinal cord injuries and prevents its healing. This discovery was published by scientists of the German Cancer ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 03, 2010 |
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Biologists find a way to lower tumor risk in stem cell therapies
One of the characteristics of embryonic stem cells is their ability to form unusual tumors called teratomas. These tumors, which contain a mixture of cells from a variety of tissues and organs of the body, ...
Jul 08, 2010 |
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What's causing life-threatening blood clots in brain surgery patients?
One of the most severe complications of brain surgery is a life-threatening blood clot in the lungs called a pulmonary embolism.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 03, 2010 |
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K-State receives patent for noncontroversial source of stem cells
Kansas State University has been a issued a patent for a plentiful and noncontroversial source of stem cells from a substance in the umbilical cord.
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Don't clamp umbilical cords straight after birth, urges expert
Obstetricians and midwives should wait a few minutes before clamping the umbilical cords of newborn infants so that babies are not harmed by the procedure, argues Dr David Hutchon in an article published in the British Medical ...
Nov 11, 2010 |
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UTHealth studies cord blood stem cells for pediatric traumatic brain injury
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has begun enrollment for the first Phase I safety study approved by the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the use of a child's own umbilical cord ...
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Jan 05, 2011 |
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Many stroke patients not getting preventive therapy for blood clots
Patients with strokes, brain tumors and spinal cord injuries are at high risk for life-threatening blood clots, but many do not receive preventive therapy, Loyola University Health System researchers report.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 11, 2011 |
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