Doctors may one day be able to use stem cells taken from umbilical cord blood to build new heart valves for children born with heart defects, German scientists said yesterday. These valves could grow as a child develops, doing away with any need for repeated operations to replace outgrown artificial... Read more »

Maia hugs her father 10 weeks after her successful cord blood re-infusion When four year old Maia Friedlander greets her dad with a hug at the end of the day it has extra special meaning for the both of them. “Just a few weeks ago Maia wouldn’t even have noticed whether I was in the room or not,”... Read more »