CBR Center for Regenerative Medicine

The CBR Center for Regenerative Medicine is a scientific research collaborative established by Cord Blood Registry - in partnership with leading research institutions from around the world - to promote greater scientific understanding of cord blood stem cells and advance their use to treat life-threatening injuries and diseases.
 

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Hearing Loss Reversed in Animal Study Using Cord Blood - According to a study published in Cell Transplantation, cord blood stem cells have the ability to help restore hearing. In the study, which used animal models, subjects treated with cord blood stem cells showed significant healing to the damaged portion of the sensory hair cells and neurons in the inner ear.

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Cord Blood: A Weapon Against Cerebral Palsy? - The Los Angeles Times published a story about Dallas Hextell and the use of autologous cord blood stem cells to treat cerebral palsy.

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Hearing Loss

The CBR Center for Regenerative Medicine is collaborating with two leading medical institutions to initiate a research study that would evaluate using a child's own cord blood stem cells to help restore or improve hearing that's been damaged from injury or sickness.
Specifically, we are looking for children under the age of 18 months whose own cord blood is stored at CBR and who have sustained hearing damage resulting from:
  • An abrupt noise, such as an explosion, or sustained loud noise
  • Meningitis
  • Head injury from a fall or accident that has resulted in hearing damage but has NOT adversely affected brain function
  • Viral disease causing high fever and resulting in hearing loss
If you have a child who has their own cord blood stored and are interested in learning more, please enter the requested information below.
Your first name:
Your last name:
Email address:
Type of injury:
Date of cord blood collection
(for child with injury):		 (xx/xx/xxxx)
Approximate date of injury: (xx/xx/xxxx)
Does the child with the injury have their own cord blood stored? Yes No