Stem cells taken from babies’ umbilical cords can delay the progression of type 1 diabetes in other people, a small trial has shown. Type 1 diabetes usually begins in teenagers and young adults, when ...

Stem cells, by contrast, can self-renew over a long period of time. The other thing that sets stem cells apart is their potential to become specialized cells. The stem cells contained in umbilical ...

A 39-year-old woman with severe uterine adhesions, which developed after miscarriage treatment, underwent stem cell therapy. Following improvement in menstrual flow and endometrial thickness, embryo ...

SEATTLE — What would normally would be tossed out as medical waste after childbirth, has the potential to save a life. That was the case for a Seattle woman. "I started having what felt like asthma ...

Stem cells from the umbilical cords of newborn babies show great promise in treating adults with leukemia and other life-threatening blood diseases, according to a study reported in the current New ...

ATLANTA, GA (March 12, 2006) -- Stem cell transplantation is among one of the most exciting and hotly debated areas of medical research today. While the promise of personalized medicine and effective ...

Children born with diseased heart valves must undergo surgery to repair or replace the damaged tissues. Although tissue engineering holds much promise in the long-term treatment of these pediatric ...

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 ...