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There are some very promising studies showing that umbilical cord blood has the ability to reverse brain damage. The exact mechanism is not known and that is why important research on umbilical cord blood stem cells and brain injury is going on at a number of different centers.
Researchers using animal models of brain and spinal cord injury, have been able to show that umbilical cord blood cells migrate to the damaged area of the brain and release growth and repair factors that work with neural stem cells in the brain and significantly reverse tissue damage and improve brain function. One important area of research is focused on the ability of umbilical cord blood to treat children with Cerebral palsy. A study headed by Dr. Kurtzberg at Duke University, involves treating children with cerebral palsy by giving them their own cord stem cells through a simple intravenous infusion. Similar studies are being done at the University of Texas and a clinical trial at the Medical College of Georgia is being done.
Studies at Toronto’s Mt. Sinai Hospital have shown that umbilical cord blood cells are able to improve the mobility of spinal cord injured animals. The umbilical cord blood stem cells are thought to work by delivering factors that aid in tissue repair.
Click here for more information https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20581748
Reference: Chua SJ, Bielecki R, Yamanaka N, Fehlings MG, Rogers IM, Casper RF. The effect of umbilical cord blood cells on outcomes after experimental traumatic spinal cord injury. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Jul 15;35(16):1520-6.