2. Hyper-IgM Syndrome : Cord blood stem cell transplantation
Another approach to transplantation as a cure for hyper-IgM syndrome is the use of stem cells from cord blood. This technique was first used for immunodeficiency disorders in 1988. Stem cells are undifferentiated...
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3. Umbilical Cord Care
After the umbilical cord is cut at birth, a stump of tissue remains attached to your baby's navel (umbilicus). The stump gradually dries and shrivels until it falls off, usually between 1 and 2 weeks after birth. It is important that you keep the ...
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4. OLPA - Legislative Updates - Stem Cells Derived From Umbilical Cord Blood
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, physicians began to recognize that blood from the human umbilical cord and placenta was a rich source of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). These particular stem cells<...
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5. Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Donations for Cancer Patients
helps you stay current with the news on cancer research, diagnosis, treatment and prevention, providing the latest information on reducing your family's cancer risk. I'm your host Lisa Garvin. Today we're talking with Elizabeth
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6. UTMB Newsroom » Blog Archive » Adult Stem Cells From Human Cord Umbilical Cord Blood Successfully Engineered To Make Insulin
GALVESTON- In a fundamental discovery that someday may help cure type1 diabetes by allowing people to grow their own insulin-producing cells for a damaged or defective pancreas, medical researchers here have reported that they have engineered adul...
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7. Clinical Study: 01-H-0122, Collection and Storage of Umbilical Cord Hematopoietic Stem Cells for Sickle Cell Disease Therapy
This study will determine the best ways to collect, process and store umbilical cord blood from babies with sickle cell disease, sickle cell trait and unaffected babies. Sickle cell disease is an abnormality of the hemoglobin in red blood cells th.....
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8. USA Today-Consumer Health News, Information and Resources Updated Daily-Women-Umbilical Cord: Source of Plentiful Stem Cells
Umbilical cord tissue cells can be expanded to greater number, are remarkably stable and might not trigger strong immune responses, according to senior investigator Bridget M. Deasy, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of...
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9. Extra! Online - Magee announces umbilical cord blood stem cell collection program, November 16, 2007
For many years, umbilical cords and placental tissue collected after childbirth were routinely discarded as medical waste. But like bone marrow, umbilical cord blood is rich in stem cells, which...
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10. Sloan-Kettering - Adult and Umbilical Cord Blood Hematopoietic Stem Cell Expansion: Selected Publications
Moore MAS. Colony-stimulating factors: Basic principles and preclinical studies. In: Rosenberg SA, ed. Principles and Practice of the Biologic Therapy of Cancer, 3rd ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2000, 113-40.
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