Autism

$15 Million Award to Go Toward Exploring New Treatments for Autism, Other Brain Disorders

Duke Medicine has been awarded $15 million to support an innovative research program that explores the use of umbilical cord blood cells to treat autism, stroke, cerebral palsy and related brain disorders.

The award from The Marcus Foundation, an Atlanta-based philanthropic organization, will fund the first two years of a planned five-year, $41 million project by Joanne Kurtzberg, M.D., chief scientific and medical officer of Duke’s Robertson Cell and Translational Therapy Program, and Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D., director of the Duke Center for Autism Diagnosis and Treatment.

25 Children with Autism Treated with Cord Blood: How Efficient is the Treatment?|LIFELINE

In celebration of World Autism Awareness Day this month, a team of scientists and doctors have called on new mothers to collect and save cord blood as it could be used for lifesaving, or even life-changing treatments, specifically for autism.

Autism in NWA Pt. 4

Cord Blood Banking

For the last month, we've introduced you to several local families who bear the burden of Autism on a daily basis. They make the most of their situation knowing there's no known cure for Autism and the cause is still very much a mystery...

Blood from umbilical cord ‘eases autism’

Umbilical cord blood, which is rich in stem cells, can be extracted and frozen for later use.
Injecting autistic children with blood from their umbilical cord may significantly alleviate their symptoms, a study suggests.

Cord Blood Registry starts groundbreaking autism study

It's a bank of umbilical cord stem cells harvested at birth. The cells can be used to treat blood disorders, and have shown promise in treating other issues...

Cord blood stem cell study shows promise for autism

It was the first randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial performed in the United States to assess the feasibility of treating autistic children by using their own newborn cord blood harvested from their banked umbilical cord.

Singapore – A first-of-its-kind double-blinded, crossover study of children with autism who were treated with their own cord blood showed the treatment to be safe and suggests improvement in socialization.

Cord Blood Stem Cell Study Shows Promise for Autism

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- A first-of-its-kind double-blinded, crossover study of children with autism who were treated with their own cord blood showed the treatment to be safe and suggests improvement in socialization.

Cord-Blood Research Sits Poised for Therapeutic Discovery

Blood is extracted from an umbilical cord. (Blood and Tissue Bank/Flickr)

Whenever one examines any area of scientific inquiry, there are two important things to understand: where the science is today, and where it may lead us in the future. To examine only the former is to engage in half an inquiry and create the perception that things in this particular area have reached a dead end or are in some way, static.

Could umbilical cord blood provide hope for children with autism?

SINGAPORE — A new treatment using cord blood stem cells to treat autism could offer hope to families of children living with the neuro-developmental disorder, which currently has no known cure.

Experts balk at large trial of stem cells for

Cold comfort: Researchers are trying to find out whether stem cells taken from frozen cord blood can improve autism symptoms.

A team at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, is set to launch a $40 million clinical trial to explore stem cells from umbilical cord blood as a treatment for autism. But experts caution that the trial is premature.