August 27, 2008
Blood cord registries and banks
Good morning, for news on cord blood have a look at today's news collection here.
Celgene closing site (The Advocate)
Celgene Cellular Therapeutics, which owns patented processes for harvesting stem cells from placentas for potential life-saving medical treatments, is closing its Baton Rouge facility despite the state?s offer of a $1.5 million grant and tax credits for research and job creation to keep it here. (Read More)
Stem-cell bank gets help from new moms; ProMedica collecting umbilical cord blood (The Toledo Blade)
Hoping to help patients with leukemia and other life-threatening conditions, Toledo?s ProMedica Health System is collecting umbilical cord blood from volunteer mothers after their babies are born. Umbilical cord blood, which otherwise is disposed of as medical waste, is being donated by healthy mothers who learned about the process during their pregnancies and granted consent at Bay Park . (Read More)
Cord Blood America Reports Six Month Financial Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Cord Blood America, Inc. , the umbilical cord blood stem cell preservation company focused on bringing the life saving potential of stem cells to families nationwide and internationally, today reported that revenues for the first six months of 2008, ended June 30, totaled $2.4 million. (Read More)
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