A novel strategy based on targeted immune suppression using human umbilical cord blood cells may improve the pathology and cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease, based on the results ...

It was spring 2006, and Houston teenager Jesus Santoyo was starting to get nervous about whether a suitable bone-marrow donor would be found to save him from the leukemia that had returned months ...

Diagnosing a risk of fatal lung disorders may be possible by analyzing the umbilical cords of premature babies, according to a new article. Until now, pediatricians have not been able to predict the ...

Doctors in Germany could have achieved a breakthrough as they treated a young girl suffering from a severe pulmonary condition that can lead to heart failure, by applying umbilical cord stem cell ...

Is It Time to Re-Examine the Prostate Cancer Treatment Paradigm by Targeting the Interaction Between the Prostate and Metastases? The clinical diagnosis and quantification of severity of this ...

In a recent study published in eBioMedicine, researchers investigated whether human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) could heal luminal ulcers in Crohn’s disease (CD) patients.

A girl who was critically ill with heart failure is doing well after receiving an experimental treatment made from umbilical cord stem cells, in the first case of its kind. The girl, from Germany, has ...

Increased amounts of fat around the pancreas are associated with decreased brain size and function in men, but not women, according to new research. A new study in the journal Obesity measured levels ...

Periumbilical pain is a painful sensation around the belly button. There are many possible causes of pain around the belly button. In this article, we explore the causes and treatment of periumbilical ...

Is It Time to Re-Examine the Prostate Cancer Treatment Paradigm by Targeting the Interaction Between the Prostate and Metastases? The following represents disclosure information provided by authors of ...