The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston recently began enrollment in a new study that will examine the use of cord blood stem cells to treat traumatic brain injuries in children.  UTHealth will be conducting the study at the Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital.  The study is open to 10 children between the ages of 18 months and 17 years.  In addition, children in the study must have suffered a traumatic brain injury within 6 to 18 months of enrolling and have saved cord blood with the Cord Blood Registry.

Heather Brown, Vice President of Scientific and Medical Affairs for CBR, stated, “This study is at the forefront of research evaluating a child’s own cord blood stem cells’ ability to help facilitate the healing process after damage to nerve tissue in the brain”.

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