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Juvenile Type 1 Diabetes
University of Florida is currently conducting research on the potential for the use of cord blood stem cells in regenerating insulin production in juvenile diabetes patients.
http://news.ufl.edu/2007/06/25/cord-blood/
Heart Disease
Baxter is continuing its Phase II adult stem cell therapy trial designed to investigate the success of CD34+ stem cells to improve symptoms and clinical outcomes in patients with chronic myocardial ischemia (CMI), a severe form of coronary artery disease.
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Brain Damage
Duke University is a pioneer in research and trials using cord blood to improve clinical outcomes of brain injury including brain injury at birth and cerebral palsy.
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Cochlear Repair
According to an Italian research team publishing their findings in Cell Transplantation (17:6), hearing loss due to cochlear damage may be repaired by transplantation of human umbilical cord hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) since they show that a small number migrated to the damaged cochlea and repaired sensory hair cells and neurons.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120350.php
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