A study released in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine provides compelling evidence of how an injection of human amniotic fluid stem cells can be used to protect the spinal cord of a fetus from myelomeningocele (MMC). The finding could lead to a new strategy for treating this debilitating birth defect that affects about 1 out of […]

An 8-month-old girl who had severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) underwent a successful hematopoietic stem cell transplant surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai; the stem cell was taken from umbilical cord blood. The baby girl, identified by the hospital as Ranbao, started to develop symptoms including cough, fever, swollen lymph node and […]

The baby girl Zhao Jiaxin was the first child in China to receive a cord blood transplant as a cure for a genetic form of irritable bowel disease that is often lethal to newborns.   Born in early 2015, baby Zhao began suffering from diarrhea and fever when she was just 8 days old. These […]

Epileptic seizures could be halted by injecting stem cells into the brain, scientists claim. Researchers have developed a new treatment, which involves converting skin cells into stem cells – which can turn into any type.  The converted stem cells, designed to dampen down the effects of seizures, are then implanted back into the brain. The […]

An international study published in the journal Blood by researchers led by Dr. Elie Haddad, a pediatric immunologist and researcher at CHU Sainte-Justine and professor at Université de Montréal, highlights the urgent need to develop better treatment strategies for patients suffering from severe combined immune deficiency (SCID). This deficiency, better known as “bubble baby disease” […]

Performed as part of reconstructive surgery when the infant is a few months old, the stem cell procedure provides good results in growing new bone to close the upper jaw cleft — and may avoid the need for later bone graft surgery, according to the case report by Alejandro Garcia Botero, MD, of Hospital De […]

According to the Duke Center for Autism, “previous research has shown that cord blood cells can help reduce inflammation and signal cells to help repair damaged brain areas. The goal of this study was to investigate whether similar success will be shown in children with ASD.” “But the study is blinded, so no one knows […]

Four-year-old Wyatt Haney has been fighting for his life since the day he was born at a Joplin, Mo., hospital. 11 months after he was born, Wyatt’s family and his medical team had an answer—TPI, or triosephosphate isomerase deficiency. TPI is an extremely rare genetic multisystem disorder first identified in 1964. Since that time, only […]

Eva Weiler was 20 weeks into pregnancy when doctors diagnosed her unborn daughter Alise with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, commonly called HLHS. “She has half a heart. Her left ventricle really doesn’t exist. The diagnosis is devastating and you look for anything that’s going to give you hope,” Weiler told CBS News. Children with HLHS typically […]

UC San Francisco researchers have safely transplanted a woman’s stem cells into her growing fetus, leading to the live birth of an infant with a normally fatal fetal condition. The infant, who had been critically ill during the second-trimester of pregnancy due to alpha thalassemia, is the first patient enrolled in the world’s first clinical […]

The search for a cure for blood cancers has received a boost with new research by Singapore scientists shedding light on how stem cells can be more effectively used to treat diseases such as leukaemia. The five researchers are from the National Cancer Centre Singapore, the National University of Singapore (NUS), Duke-NUS Medical School, and […]

According to preliminary results from the ongoing ROSE clinical trial, autologous human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells were able to aid in the reversal of hypo-estrogenemia, subsequently followed by the resumption of regular menstruation, reported Propser Igboeli, MD, of Augusta University in Georgia and colleagues, at ENDO 2018. Premature ovarian insufficieny (POI) affects around 1% […]