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Mohammad Ghalandari is a recovered child of the Royan Cord Blood Bank who was cured of cancer in 2008. This year, he will participate in the university entrance exam marathon and intends to study teacher training in order to become a teacher

Ali Soltani is among the children who, at the age of four months, showed symptoms of immune system deficiency with an abscess under his ear. According to his mother, he was hospitalized for some time in the infectious diseases ward of the Children's Medical Center, where his immune system deficiency was confirmed by doctors.

Ala, a 6-year-old child from Kerman who was suffering from a type of blood disease, regained her health through her sister’s cord blood stem cells.

According to the Public Relations Office, Ala was born on June 20, 2017. A healthy, beautiful, and intelligent child, who, before entering first grade, already knows how to read and write, and as she says herself, she can even write her own name.

Mojtaba Abedi was born in October 2005. During the first three months after birth, he was physically very healthy and energetic, but suddenly he became ill. The disease made him very weak. We ran a series of tests, but were told that the results were not accurate and needed to be repeated after some time. When we conducted the repeated tests, unfortunately, it was confirmed that our son was diagnosed with major thalassemia.

When a baby is about to be born, all parents wish for is that the child is healthy. Whether it is a girl or a boy does not matter. For parents, no blessing is greater than having a healthy child. But the world does not always revolve around peace. Sometimes it shows its other side to test us — to measure our patience and resilience, to challenge our hope and efforts.

Ava Zarouk was born on November 12, 2013. She is another child who has recovered thanks to the Royan Cord Blood Bank. Her mother and father shared her life story with us. Let’s read it together.

A cord blood transplant from the patient to themselves for the treatment of aplastic anemia has only been performed once in the world, and Iran has successfully completed the second successful transplant. According to the Public Relations Office of the Royan Cord Blood Bank, Dr. Bahoush, a pediatric hematology and oncology specialist at Hazrat Ali Asghar Hospital, stated: “The successful transplant of ‘Karen’s’ cord blood stem cells to herself is a therapeutic miracle and a significant step forward in treating these patients with cord blood stem cells.

Mr. Rashidi, Amir-Hassan’s father, kindly accepted our invitation to the Royan Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank and, with his sweet Shirazi accent, shared all the hardships they have faced over the past eight years due to Amir-Hassan’s illness. In recent years, he has made great efforts to improve the condition of his young son, and following the advice of Dr. Karimi, a pediatric hematology and oncology specialist at Namazi Hospital, Shiraz, he chose a cord blood stem cell transplant as the last treatment option for his child.

The cord blood stem cells of Ahmadreza’s younger sister, which had been stored in the Royan Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank, were used to treat Ahmadreza’s thalassemia.

Elham, a 12-year-old adolescent, was saved from leukemia using her sister’s cord blood stem cells. According to the Public Relations Office of the Royan Cord Blood Bank, Elham, a 12-year-old girl from Isfahan, was diagnosed in January 2015 with ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia). After three rounds of chemotherapy without response, she was treated using her sister’s cord blood stem cells, which had been stored at the Royan Cord Blood Bank.