Fact Sheet: Cord Blood Stem Cells Background Umbilical cords are a rich, non-controversial source of stem cells, but currently hospitals throw millions of them away each year. These stem cells can be matched to patients and have already been used to treat thousands of patients—both children and adults—with more than 70 diseases and conditions. In addition, published studies have shown that stem cells in cord blood have the capacity to become other cell types, which give them the potential to tre... Read more

Fact Sheet: Autism Background Autism (also termed autistic disorder or classical autism) is the most common of the ASDs. Other ASDs, as classified by the National Institute of Health’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, include: pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), Asperger disorder, Rett syndrome, and childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD). These five disorders make up the category “Pervasive Developmental Disorders” in the Diagnostic and St... Read more