http://www.londonhealthlink.co.uk Caring for your Baby's future health Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:45:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Eight year old Joseph Davis Jr. is now a healthy boy but at birth he was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia, a chronic blood disorder that deprives cells of proper oxygen, causes periodic painful episodes and reduces life expectancy. Only a bone marrow transplant could help him. Every day, thousands ... http://www.londonhealthlink.co.uk/how-cord-blood-is-saving-lives.html #10. Real-Life Kryptonite In April, geologists dug up a white, powdery mineral in which they did not know what to make of it. Chris Stanley, a mineralogist at London's Natural History Museum, discovered that it had the same chemistry; sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide, as the fictional kryptonite, the green ... http://www.londonhealthlink.co.uk/top-10-scientific-discoveries.html A team of researchers led by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have for the first time identified stem cells that allow the pituitary glands of mice to grow even after birth. They found that, in contrast to most adult stem cells, these cells are distinct from those that fuel ... http://www.londonhealthlink.co.uk/stem-cells-found-for-the-first-time-in-the-pituitary.html A PIONEERING stem cell treatment being developed in Yorkshire could see a massive increase in the number of heart patients living longer. Scientists from Sheffield University are developing the world's first regenerative device to be inserted into diseased arteries. And they believe it could save thousands of lives.Coronary artery disease ... http://www.londonhealthlink.co.uk/stem-cell-hope-for-heart-patients.html DALLAS HEXTELL looked like any other healthy toddler when he appeared on the "Today" show on March 11 -- walking, clapping, laughing, waving to his mom. But just nine months earlier, cerebral palsy had kept Dallas, now 2, from crawling, sitting up or reaching other milestones of child development. Dallas' parents attribute ... http://www.londonhealthlink.co.uk/can-childs-umbilical-cord-blood-be-used-to-treat-his-own-cerebral-palsy.html