by Insception Lifebank | Blog, Cerebral Palsy, Cord Blood, Cord Blood Banking, Cord Blood Blog, Cord Blood Education, cord blood research, Cord blood stem cells, Insception Lifebank, Science & Research, Stem Cell Research
Children with various brain disorders, such as autism and cerebral palsy, who have their own or a sibling’s cord blood stored in a family bank may now be able to receive cord blood therapy. The cord blood therapy is being provided by Duke University Medical Centre...
by Insception Lifebank | Blog, Cerebral Palsy, Cord Blood, Cord Blood Banking, Cord Blood Blog, Cord Blood Education, cord blood research, Cord blood stem cells, Cord Tissue, Insception Lifebank, Science & Research, Stem Cell Research
Results published this week, in Stem Cells Translational Medicine, find the use of umbilical cord blood stem cells increases motor function and brain connectivity in children with cerebral palsy (CP). The phase 2 clinical trial, conducted at the world leading Duke...
by Insception Lifebank | Blog, Cerebral Palsy, Clinical Trials, Cord Blood
Update on clinical trials investigating cord blood as a treatment of cerebral palsy Over the past few years, a number of clinical trials have been initiated to investigate whether cord blood (CB) could be used in the treatment of cerebral palsy (CP). The rationale...
by Insception Lifebank | Blog, Cerebral Palsy, Cord Blood, Cord Blood Blog
Two brothers were the headline story of the Cerebral Palsy Swagger, a not for profit walk designed to raise awareness about cerebral palsy. The condition is caused by a series of damages the motor control centre of an infant’s brain often pregnancy, and experts...
by Insception Lifebank | Blog, Cerebral Palsy, Cord Blood Blog
One of Canada’s early Olympic heroes is Alexandre Bilodeau, who defended his Vancouver gold medal win at the 2014 Sochi Olympics on Monday February 10. The 26 year old freestyle skier from Montreal became the first Canadian to defend an Olympic gold medal in the same...
by Insception Lifebank | Blog, Cerebral Palsy, Science & Research
Well it appears as though there have been developments in the use of cord blood to treat cerebral palsy, or CP. Since January 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved 2 different clinical trials to investigate the effect of cord blood in patients...