Have you ever thought about bringing back the memories of those who are currently fighting to remember? Imagine if you could cure about 4 million Indians living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) that is expected to triple by 2050. It’s not a small task by any means. Recently, Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post newspaper published […]
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What Is Regenerative Medicine?
When Adrienne Shapiro’s daughter Marissa was diagnosed with sickle cell disease, the doctors said that she would not live till her first birthday. However, when Marissa managed to live past that benchmark, it did not mean the end of Adrienne’s worries. In fact, it was the beginning of many painful years of blood transfusions and […]
Is It Necessary To Store Cord Blood and Tissue For Each Child?
Recently, close friends Jayesh and Simran delivered a second baby boy, Kiann. Like responsible parents, they believed in their child’s healthy future and went for private cord blood banking in spite of having preserved the umbilical cord for their firstborn a few years ago. In just 3 months’ time, their newborn was diagnosed with osteoporosis. […]
Stem Cells and the Ageing Brain
Ageing is a part and parcel of life, but as our body ages, our brains age too. Just like an ageing body can be riddled with diseases and illnesses like arthritis, cataracts, cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis, an ageing brain too can be afflicted with sickness. The age-associated diseases that affect the brain are often clustered […]
Stem Cell Therapy & Congenital Heart Disease
In order to understand how stem cells are useful to us, we first need to understand what stem cells are. Stem Cells start in the embryo as immature biological cells, then become specialized to create bone, muscle, skin, the heart, the brain, and over 250 other types of specialized cells. This is why they are […]
The Benefits Of Cells From Umbilical Cord Tissue
Over the years scientific development in neonatal medical care has been revolutionary. One of the best advances in this domain has been in the form of cord blood and umbilical cord tissue banking. Between the baby and the mother, the umbilical cord acts as the lifeline as it comprises of many blood vessels, through which […]
Your Diet & Blood Sugar Levels Affect Your Stem Cells
Pregnancy Nutrition: 9 Food Groups That Will Have You Bursting With Energy
Have you lately felt that you just don’t have the drive to indulge in things that you’ve enjoyed in the past? Of course…. you are pregnant. Whilst, there’s not much physical evidence of it in the first trimester, one still has to realise that you are making that little person inside you. It is solid […]
Patients Guide to Stem Cell Treatment
Stem Cells have two unique characteristics that make it suitable for therapy or treatment for a growing number of diseases and conditions. Firstly, Stem Cells have the ability to renew or create more Stem Cells of the same kind. Secondly, Stem Cells can mature into specialised Stem Cells suitable to carry out a specific function, […]
7 Benefits of Yoga During Pregnancy
Yoga with its holistic approach to exercise is unquestionably India’s healthiest export to the world. The Western world in particular have lapped up this ancient fitness regime as a spiritual conduit to attain mental and physical nirvana. Yoga’s be-spoke gentle exercises as opposed to high-intensity workouts are of significant benefit to women in a pregnant […]