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Salvador’s story: using stem cells to treat autism
Salvador, a five-year-old Portuguese boy who was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, recently underwent treatment using stem cells from his own umbilical cord blood with

Stem cell therapy for neurological disorders
Neurological disease encompasses a diverse group of disorders of the central and peripheral nervous systems, which collectively are the leading cause of disease burden globally.

Fetal Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Cancer Therapy
There is compelling evidence that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can be utilized as delivery vehicles for cancer therapeutics. During the last decade, bone marrow MSCs

Clinical Application of Adult Stem Cells for Therapy for Cardiac Disease
Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death worldwide. Different medical and surgical therapeutic options are well established, but a significant number of patients are

The Personalized Stem Cells That Could One Day Treat Parkinson’s and Heart Failure
Could an injection of lab-cultured brain cells, created from a person’s own cells, reverse symptoms of Parkinson’s disease? That’s an idea that Aspen Neuroscience Inc.,

Umbilical blood stem cell transplant puts woman in HIV remission
A transplant of stem cells from the umbilical cord has resulted in a mixed-race woman going into remission for HIV for the first time. The