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Jul 2023 Matt Farrow received the world's first cord blood transplant in 1988. Matt is now age 40 and shared with us how it feels to be one of the oldest survivors of Fanconi Anemia.
Jul 2023 Global Cord Blood Corp. is the world's largest cord blood bank, with inventory over one million cord blood units. Yet the company is being liquidated. Why? How did this happen? We explain.
Jun 2023 Peleg had a typical case of autism with regression. His parents decided to try cell therapy. Before and after videos document his rapid improvement in language skills.
Jun 2023 The real story behind why Duke stopped offering Expanded Access to cord blood therapy for autism.
May 2023 Salvador is a 5-year-old boy from Portugal diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder who received cord blood therapy in the US through the Expanded Access program at Duke.
May 2023 On 17 April 2023, the FDA gave approval to the Gamida Cell product Omisirge (formerly known as Omidubicel, and before that as NiCord). This is the first FDA market approval of an expanded cord blood product.
Apr 2023 This is the story of Sophia, a young girl in Singapore diagnosed with Autism. Her parents participated in a clinical trial at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital where Sophia received an infusion of her own cord blood.
Apr 2023 Anja Health is a family cord blood bank that is led by a Gen Z CEO and focuses their marketing on outreach to Gen Z parents via TikTok. Kathryn Cross explains her motivation for launching a cord blood bank, and how her company innovates their services to fit the values and priorities on the Gen Z parenting community.
Mar 2023 Between the Dubai Stem Cell Congress and the MENA Stem Cell Forum, Dubai is becoming known as a center for meetings about cell therapy research.
Mar 2023 The frequent use of MSC in regenerative medicine has led to some overlooked realities: MSC are not all the same. Even UC-MSC from umbilical cord tissue are not all the same. Exposure to enzymes changes MSC, Ex Vivo Expansion changes MSC, and multiple culture passages continue to change MSC.