Cord Blood Cells Proven to Differentiate Into Heart Muscle and Brain Cells

Duke University Medical Center

Researchers with Joanne Kurtzberg's team at Duke University announced molecular evidence that cord blood stem cells can infiltrate and repair damaged heart tissue. The heart in question belonged to a child who had been transplanted for a metabolic disorder, Sanfilippo Syndrome. In another case, cord blood stem cells turned into brain cells in the laboratory...