Nikoloz is an 8 year old boy who lives in Georgia. His parents stored his cord blood in the family bank Geocord, located in Tbilisi. They had no particular reason for storage, but they trusted their obstetrician, who recommended doing so.
One year on from a life-saving transplant from his younger brother and Emirati youngster Hamad Alyaarbi’s life is returning to normal.
A patient from Pakistan who suffered from a failure to produce healthy blood cells received a hematopoietic stem cell transplant at Shanghai General Hospital on Wednesday.
A 4-year-old boy from Kolkata who is in the autism spectrum has shown improvements while being part of a significant stem cell study currently underway at Duke University School of Medicine, in the United States.
A clinical trial has shown promising findings from stem cell transplants in people with type 1 diabetes, with some patients coming off insulin injections for several years.
