Marko is a twin and he and his sister Linda were born in the 35th week by Caesarean section. His Apgar score after birth (9/10) gave no clue that he would really have to fight for his life. After birth, due to immature lungs he was placed in an incubator and his condition was critical. (more…)
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Brave Andrej
Another little patient undergoing treatment for cerebral palsy in the Slovak clinical trial is Andrej. Andrej’s mother had a troubled pregnancy; he was born prematurely and weighed less than 1700g. He got through the worst with his mother’s care. Now she enjoys the beloved and communicative boy who always surprises her some curious questions. (more…)
David making great strides
David Alexandru was born prematurely in the 28th week and after 72 days of hospitalization in the neonatal department he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy with disabilities of all limbs. When he was three years old, he underwent a transfusion of his own cord blood. (more…)
A boy from Bucharest…
… is among the patients who have had treatment using stem cells from their own cord blood as part of a study in Romania. (more…)
Alex, the first patient…
… who underwent treatment using his own stem cells from cord blood as part of the Slovak clinical study. (more…)
Professor Colin McGuckin PhD. about stem cell therapy
Laboratory of Cord Blood Center Group was visited by the world’s leading scientist in the field of stem cells. Watch the video where he said a number of inspirational ideas.
Schoolgirl Nelly doing well
The birth of Nelly was complicated and immediately she was born she had to be put in the incubator. When her parents took away from the hospital, everything seemed fine, but only for the first six months.
“She was late in terms of her movements and speech and we suspected that something was not right. (more…)
Professor Neil Scholding, PhD., FRCP
The interview was recorded at the conference Future of Regenerative Medicine in May 2012 in Bratislava.
Professor Keith March, MD, PhD. not only about regenerative medicine
Video interview with Professor Keith March, MD, PhD – professor in the departments of Medicine, Cellular and Integrative Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University School of Medicine.
Lena’s story – Treatment of cerebral palsy by stem cells
The Hungarian girls were born in 2011 and during pregnancy the parents decided to preserve stem cells from umbilical cord blood of both daughters. At birth, the doctors opted for a Caesarean section. The girls developed as healthy children, but when they were four months old, the entire left arm and leg one of them, Léna, suddenly froze and she could hardly control it. (more…)
Little Andrej first to be treated in Europe using his own cord blood
Clinic of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology at Bratislava Faculty Children’s Hospital, 2004
He was a little boy just like hundreds of others who are born. One of many boys for whom a childhood full of mischievous adventures and pleasures awaits. At least that’s what his parents dreamed of. (more…)
