The objective of a family cord blood bank is to process and cryopreserve cord blood units (CBUs) that may be used for hemapoietic stem cell transplantation or for future use through regenerative medicine therapies (Armson et al. 2005). Clinical outcomes of cord blood (CB) transplantation are...
The discovery of stem cells in 1961 by two brilliant scientists, Dr. James Till and Dr. Ernest McCulloch, paved the way for the possible treatment of many diseases that were previously thought to be incurable. Types of stem cells Part of the Till and McCulloch discovery is...
Dr. Guy Sauvageau, a renowned scientist at Université de Montréal’s Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, discovered a specific molecule that is able to multiply stem cells taken from umbilical cord blood. Cancers and their poor prognoses Some types of cancer, like those affecting the blood...
Jeff Chiba Stearn’s documentary, Mixed Match, offers insight into the turbulent reality of cancer patients who are awaiting a suitable donor for a potential stem cell treatment. In particular, the documentary focuses on mixed-race patients whose chances of finding a matched-donor are significantly reduced when...
Cerebral palsy is the most common motor disability in childhood (Capute and Accardo, 2008). It is a condition associated with impaired muscle coordination, usually caused by severe damage to the brain before or at birth. It is estimated that 1 out of every 323 children...
After a successful cord blood transplant from her younger brother, six-year-old Neha is now enjoying her new life as a healthy child. Neha’s parents noticed that Neha was very behind in meeting major growth and developmental milestones when she was only one year old. Neha was...
To understand what the critical factors are, you first need to know what a cord blood bank does to obtain, process and preserve the cord blood sample. You might find the information provided by cord blood banks to be complex and overwhelming. In fact, what...
Dr. Hal Broxmeyer, a well-recognized scientist and distinguished professor of microbiology and immunology, has studied and worked tremendously in the field of stem cell research and helped pioneer cord blood transplantation. Dr. Hal Broxmeyer and colleagues published studies with experimental results supporting that cord blood...