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Slate - The cells come from umbilical-cord blood. One player tells the Times of London, “We decided to store our new baby’s stem cells for possible future therapeutic reasons, both for our children and possibly for myself. If you’re prone to injury it can

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Inc.com - During the next year, he made more than 100 presentations to potential investors, mostly at BioE s offices, where scientists have discovered how to harvest and clone adult stem cells from umbilical-cord blood. Many of the meetings went on for hours

Cord-blood donations fight disease
Orlando Sentinel - Dwight Brunoehler, 56, president and chief executive officer of Cryobanks International Inc., an Altamonte Springs company that specializes in the collection and storage of umbilical-cord blood for use as potential treatments for leukemia, sickle

Giovanni’s parents weighed down by debt
Union Leader - None of the donors was an exact match but a an umbilical cord blood donor, whose blood matched four of the five needed criteria, was found and Giovanni was able to receive transfusion in March that improved his condition and enabled him to return

Twins adopted as embryos: ‘Living proof’ stirs stem cell debate
Christian Examiner - We are opposed to embryonic stem cell research but we are in favor of other types of stem cell research — adult stem cells, [umbilical] cord blood stem cells. I wish the general public would understand that more, and that’s part of why we are

New study on autism focuses on environment
Beaufort Gazette - They will conduct extensive interviews with the mothers about their exposures to everything from nail polish products to mercury-tainted fish. They will collect blood, and immediately after the baby’s birth, placental tissue, umbilical cord blood, as

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BioLife Solutions Announces Exclusive CryoStor(TM) Supply Agreement
Yahoo Finance - The Company’s unmatched experience — in cryogenics since 1982 and cord blood banking for the last decade - delivers the expertise and quality families desire at an affordable price. For more information, please visit http://www.cordbloodbank.com

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Wired - Cord blood banking is studded with hot-button issues, like patients’ rights, for-profit medicine, and stem cell -research. Let’s get the filthy lucre out of the way first: Cord blood banking is expensive. It costs at least $1,000 up front, and $100 a

Stem-cell research still a hot topic in U.S. Congress, states
Catholic News - Artur Davis, D-Ala., that would allocate $15 million in fiscal year 2008 to cord-blood-banking initiatives. Smith said treatments using cord blood have benefited approximately 8,000 patients with more than 70 diseases, including leukemia, sickle cell

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LifeNews.com - Without passage of this amendment, the current grant recipients would need to dramatically scale back their cord blood banking initiatives just as they’re ramping up to treat more patients. However, by

Bates wins Cryo-Save account
AME Info - appointed Bates PanGulf Group to handle its communications in the region. The marketing firm’s brief is to spearhead Cryo-Save Arabia’s brand management, public relations and advertising campaigns aimed at building awareness about cord blood banking.

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Blood marrow greatly needed
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Bhatia’s leukemia is in remission, but if he doesn’t find a match within the next few weeks, he will need more radiation and may opt for a cord blood donation, in which blood stem cells can be obtained from umbilical cord blood. Cord blood

Twins adopted as embryos: ‘Living proof’ stirs stem cell debate
Christian Examiner - We are opposed to embryonic stem cell research but we are in favor of other types of stem cell research — adult stem cells, [umbilical] cord blood stem cells. I wish the general public would understand that more, and that’s part of why we are

Umbilical Cord Blood Saves Lives
Week.com - ALBANY, N.Y. — Many young couples and growing families do not yet know how important it can be to consider storing umbilical cord blood after the birth of a child - even though storing umbilical cord blood could be a lifesaver if someone in their

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Spokane Spokesman-Review - Some Spokane parents have paid to store their babies’ umbilical cord blood in the hopes that the stem cells there can cure their children should they develop leukemia or other diseases; and Spokane County’s director of developmental disabilities and

Stockton boy fighting rare tumor finds help from own stem cells
Record - Other stem-cell types include intermediate stem cells, found in umbilical cord blood and amniotic fluid, and adult stem cells in people that can regenerate similar cells throughout the body. Their range has not yet been found to be as great as

Uganda boy gets India’s 1st cord blood transplant
IBN LIve - Since there was no compatible family donor for a stem cell transplant, doctors had to go in for the more difficult umbilical cord blood transplant, where blood from the umbilical cord of a donor, who is not a relative, is transfused into the patient

Legislators touched by leukemia push cord blood measures
San Francisco Gate - For a decade, state Sen. Carole Migden quietly battled a death sentence - an unusual form of leukemia. Now cancer-free, she wants to create a state system to collect and store umbilical cord blood, which shows enormous promise as a treatment for

Diocesan official hopes new umbilical-cord-blood bank will spur more
Catholic Online - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (CNS) The Respect Life director for the Diocese of Little Rock is hopeful the creation of a newborn umbilical-cord-blood bank in Arkansas will spur on more ethical research and treatments using adult stem cells. At the

U researchers making strides in stem cell technology
Minnesota Daily - David McKenna, have successfully transformed stem cells found in umbilical cord blood into a kind of cell found in the lungs. Their findings were published in the Nov. 7 issue of the journal “Cytotherapy.” McKenna said the newly discovered

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Florida’s Governor pushes lethal stem cell research
Christian Examiner - We hope cord blood stem cell-related advances will help [diabetics], said Kang Kyung-sun, a Seoul National University professor who directs the research team, The Times reported. It will enable patients to grapple with diabetes without causing

Stem Cell Therapy International Acquires Exclusive Worldwide
MSN MoneyCentral - Patent Pending anti-rejection umbilical cord blood stem cell technology. Calvin Cao, CEO of Stem Cell Therapy International and co-inventor of the new technology, explained why this new stem cell procedure is so important: “Stem cell treatments

Cord Blood America Continues to Reduce Debt
MSN MoneyCentral - LOS ANGELES, June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Cord Blood America, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CBAI), the umbilical cord blood stem cell preservation company (http://www.cordblood-america.com ) focused on bringing the life saving potential of stem

Thalassemia patients given a better chance
Nation - Thailand - To support the new medical treatment, Thongchai said Tcels has set up a cord blood stem-cell bank at the Thai Red Cross; around 300 samples are stored in the bank. It also plans to increase the number of cell samples to 5,000 by next year and

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