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October
Oct 2017 Georgina Russell from Preston, near Manchester in the UK, was four months pregnant when she received the terrible news that her older brother, Ashley, had a rare, slow-growing form of the brain tumour, glioblastoma.
Oct 2017 Parent’s Guide to Cord Blood Foundation has set up two web pages which can search currently recruiting clinical trials that use either cord blood or umbilical cord tissue. By the numbers, there are currently 114 cord blood trials that are recruiting patients at 354 locations, and 49 umbilical cord tissue trials that are recruiting patients at 65 locations. It is very important to remember that these portals are only a snapshot of the trials that are recruiting right now and not a statement about the possible uses of cord blood or umbilical cord tissue.
September
Sep 2017 Amniotic membrane has been used in thousands of eye surgery procedures, resulting in more than 700 peer reviewed articles published in ophthalmology journals.
Sep 2017
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine is using hydrogels to carry and deposit perinatal stem cells, cell signaling molecules, and growth factors.
August
Aug 2017 We searched for 111 products made from the amniotic membrane of the placenta and found 61 clinical trials of 25 products from 14 companies.
Aug 2017 Viable tissue from the amniotic membrane of the placenta improves wound closure by a factor of three over standard of care.
July
Jul 2017 ViaCord study finds that delayed cord clamping reduces both the volume and pre-processed TNC count of cord blood units collected in a family bank setting.
Jul 2017 Elham, a 12-year-old girl from Iran, was cured of leukemia by her sister’s umbilical cord blood stem cells.
Jul 2017 PrestigeTM Lyotechnology from Osiris is a technique that keeps cells and tissues alive while allowing for long-term storage at ambient temperatures.
June
Jun 2017 Cleft lip and palate are usually diagnosed in utero and the parents can plan to save the child's umbilical cord tissue as a non-invasive source of a surgical graft.