TechKnow: Cord Blood - Full Episode

July 16, 2015 6:45PM ET

WATCH: Scientists are using umbilical cord blood to treat and cure diseases

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Science
Technology
 

In this week’s “TechKnow,” we meet baby Grace, who is part of an innovative FDA study that uses her umbilical cord blood—banked after her birth—to help treat hydrocephalus, a condition that causes swelling of the brain. It’s part of a movement towards “regenerative medicine” that sounds like sci-fi but is grounded in decades of research.

We go behind-the-scenes on the high-tech experimental treatments, as doctors infuse Grace with stem cells from her own umbilical cord, and we meet another young patient who experienced “miraculous” progress from the use of umbilical cord stem cells.

Plus: meet a high school student inspired to find a cure for malaria.

Original Air Date: July 19, 2015