Published results showed umbilical cord-derived platelet-rich plasma provided better short-term pain relief but similar ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stem cells taken from the umbilical cords of newborns can be engineered to produce insulin and may someday be used to treat diabetes, U.S. and British researchers reported on ...

Dear Doctors: My fiance and I plan to have kids someday. I was wondering if it would be beneficial to keep our babies’ umbilical cords, which would be full of stem cells. We would like to know how ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Brain damage suffered in strokes and other injuries could be repaired with cells found in the blood of umbilical cords, researchers said Sunday. The treatment, described as fast ...

In a recent study published in eBioMedicine, researchers investigated whether human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) could heal luminal ulcers in Crohn’s disease (CD) patients.

TO THE STUDY’S FIRST PATIENT. 82 YEAR OLD LOUIS MEYER HAD A HEART ATTACK OVER 25 YEARS AGO, AND EVER SINCE HE’S DONE EVERYTHING HE CAN TO MANAGE IT, THE DAMAGED PART STARTS TAKING OVER. THAT’S THE ...

I watch with great interest the argument over the use of stem cells, but with a different twist. My family is caught up in it. My son has a brain condition. As with most things, there is no sure ...

Umbilical cord stem cell banking can be expensive and controversial, but Jamie and Ben Page decided to bank their daughter Harlow's stem cells, just in case. Then, "just in case" became a reality. "We ...

Young scientists are researching a line of skin products from horse umbilical cord stem cells. According to the developers, they activate the natural processes of skin repair, increase its moisture ...

WASHINGTON, May 25 (Reuters) - Stem cells taken from the umbilical cords of newborns can be engineered to produce insulin and may someday be used to treat diabetes, U.S. and British researchers ...