●Cord Blood Stem Cells and Cardiovascular Disease
Permanent loss of cardiomyocytes (heart muscle cells) and the formation of scar tissue following a heart attack result in irreversible damage to cardiac function. Human cord blood contains several different types of stem cells ....
●Cord Blood for Diabetics
Researchers from the University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville, Fla., are the first to experiment with cord blood infusions as a treatment for children with type 1 diabetes. For the study, researchers identified children recently diagnosed ......
