Current News & Events
• 1/29/2009 Stem Cell Research: The Quest Resumes
Stem cell article in Time magazine. In-depth history of stem cell research and results.
• 1/25/2009 Lifelines: Though rich in life-saving potential, umbilical cord blood is often thrown away.
ViaCord Research News
• 1/27/2009 UC Irvine Preps for World's 1st Stem Cell Tests in Humans
Popular news story about a therapy that won federal approval for a clinical trial. It’s the world’s first embryonic stem cell treatment to be tested in humans. It’s for acute spinal cord injury.
• 1/21/2009 PerkinElmer ViaCord Research Institute™ to Support Diabetes Research Efforts at University of Massachusetts Medical School.
• 11/19/2008 Woman given windpipe created in laboratory
Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue engineered from her own stem cells in what experts have hailed as a "milestone in medicine."
• 10/14/2008 Five Basic Things To Know About Stem Cell Research
• 9/12/2008 Stem cells: Small wonders
This is a follow-on story about a girl who received her own cord blood to treat CP. With a nearly paralyzed right side, Chloe Levine was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at 1. A year later, she can say her nickname and is walking normally and jumping on beds.
• 9/6/2008 Umbilical cord a lifeline for 2 kids
Girl, who has leukemia, had cord blood donated by her brother which in turn saved her life.
• 8/13/2008 Darla Lindenmayer’s story about her son’s Diabetes & Cord Blood Transfusion
Her son had a cord blood transfusion (his own cord blood) to treat juvenile diabetes.
• 7/28/2008 Cord Blood Stem Cells Reverse Girl's Cerebral Palsy
Another positive story about a girl with cerebral palsy who was infused with her own cord blood and is doing well. She is part of the Duke University clinical trial treating cerebral palsy with cord blood.
• 7/11/2008 Cord blood helping baby with 'bubble boy' disease
• 3/11/2008 Amazing recovery attributed to cord blood
Story about a boy with cerebral palsy was infused with his own cord blood and is doing well. He is part of the clinical trial at Duke University. |
