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HOUSTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) – U.S. researchers are undergoing a phase I safety study using a child’s umbilical cord blood stem cells to try to restore hearing loss.

Dr. James Baumgartner, sponsor of the study and guest research collaborator at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical [...]

Source: http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/13/umbilical-cord-holds-key-to-heart-repair-study

Umbilical cord holds key to heart repair: Study QMI AGENCY

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New research out of the University of Bristol suggests stem cells from human umbilical cords could be used to treat [...]

By Jessica Ryen Doyle

Published March 29, 2011| FoxNews.com

Jamie Page and her husband, Ben, discussed the issue of banking their newborn’s cord blood so frequently before the birth that they finally decided if they didn’t do it, it might be the biggest regret they ever had.

“Medical advances change so quickly. Who knows when [...]

Korean scientists have found that transplanting human umbilical cord blood-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) ‘significantly accelerate’ wound closure in diabetic mouse models.

February 23, 2011 – Washington

Korean scientists have found that transplanting human umbilical cord blood-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) ‘significantly accelerate’ wound closure in diabetic mouse models.

Diabetes is often associated with [...]

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Tampa, Fla. (Dec. 22, 2010) –In three monthly injections, researchers transplanted neurally-committed, autologous cord blood derived cells tagged with iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIO) into the lateral cerebral ventricle of a 16-month old child with severe global hypoxic ischemic [...]

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Durham – A Duke University physician believes [...]