Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Stem Cells Given Intravenously Reduce Stroke Damage

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Stem cells from umbilical cord blood, then given intravenously combined with a drug designed to temporarily breach the brain's blood barrier, has been shown to dramatically reduce a stroke's size and damage, Medical College of Georgia and University of South Florida researchers have found ....

"Once we learned the potential use of cord blood stem cells we decided we must bank for both our children. It gives us tremendous peace of mind knowing that we have preserved the stem cells."

April Lochhead
Tucson, Arizona


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Posted on November 27, 2004 09:07 AM

 
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