Stuff about cord blood…

Good morning, here are some more cord blood headlines for today.

NEWS IN BRIEF (Nine O'Clock)
A second stem cell bank in Romania is likely to be opened in Bucharest next month, daily ?Evenimentul Zilei? reported. The first such bank was opened in Cluj nine months ago. Last year, 8,000 Romanian women asked to have blood from their umbilical chord collected and stored. (Read More)

Cord Blood Registry Supports Family Cord Blood Banking Act (Medical News Today)
Cord Blood Registry (CBR), the global leader in the collection and preservation of newborn stem cells from umbilical cord blood, announced its support of legislation introduced yesterday by U.S. Representatives Ron Kind (D-WI), Wally Herger (R-CA), Artur Davis (D-AL), Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-NJ) and Mike Thompson (D-CA) entitled the "Family Cord Blood Banking Act. (Read More)

Cord Blood America Applauds Congressional Effort Supporting Cord Blood Storage (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, said today it strongly supports the Family Cord Blood Banking Act introduced in the U.S. (Read More)

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