Cord Blood America CEO Matthew Schissler Expands on Thought Process in Owning Stem Cell Laboratory (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Greetings, here's the umbilical cord blood news collection for today.

Cord Blood America Receives Commitment for $2.3 Million to Fund Its Own Stem Cell Laboratory (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 has received a commitment for up to $2.3 million to acquire or build its own state-of-the-art laboratory for the storage of multiple stem cell products including umbilical cord blood stem cells. (Read More)

New stem cell bank opens in Bucharest (Nine O'Clock)
The National Transplant Agency accredited the opening of a new stem cell bank with storage capacity of almost 6,000 units of umbilical cord blood extendable to 10,000 in Romania, with an investment of EUR 2 M. (Read More)

Health Calendar (NWAnews.com)
Today Community Blood Center of the Ozarks will have a blood drive today from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Phillips Chapel Free Will Baptist Church, 3074 S. 48th St., Springdale. (Northwest Arkansas Times) (Read More)

Saint Vincent Offers Umbilical Cord Blood Donation (Action News 24 Erie)
A local hospital is offering a new procedure that could help cure dozens of diseases. Saint Vincent Health Center is the first hospital in our area to offer umbilical cord blood donation. The thousands of babies born at Saint Vincent each year will be able to be part of a this life-saving program. (Read More)

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