Public cord blood bank doubles number of transplants (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News)

Hello, cord blood transplantation is making the headlines once more - have a read here.

Public cord blood bank doubles number of transplants (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Philippines News)
SINGAPORE: Singapore?s public cord blood bank has doubled the number of transplants performed over the past year from just seven in FY2007, due to the influx of donations from expectant mothers. (Read More)

Stem cell banks grow on hope of healthy dividend (The Economic Times)
Stem cell research promises to dramatically change the way diseases are treated, Indians are turning up in large numbers at specialised ?banks? to store the body?s master cells as a potential biological repair kit. (Read More)

Conference ends with a call to encourage blood donation (The Peninsula)
DOHA: The Pan-Arab Blood Transfusion conference which concluded yesterday stressed the need for retaining donors. ?The conference had covered almost all the fields of blood transfusion in depth,? said Dr Gamal S Gabra, Chairman, International Blood Transfusion Society. (Read More)

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