July 29, 2009
Thinking of cord blood collection?
OK, more stories about stem cell research when it comes to cord blood have made it into the news.
Cord blood bank saves 32 lives (Straits Times)
LEUKAEMIA patient Junaina Johari, 24, had gone through rounds of chemotherapy and needed a blood stem cell transplant to beat her illness. (Read More)
Barren County Family Hoping to Help Son's Autism with Stem Cells (WBKO Bowling Green)
The family of a young boy is hoping to help fight their son's battle with autism, with an experimental stem cells procedure. (Read More)
Cryobanks International to expand network in Bihar (New Kerala)
Patna, July 28 : Cryobanks International India, a cord blood stem cell banker, is eying to expand its network in Bihar where awareness of stem cell banking is still very low, a company official said. (Read More)
Boston gets public cord-blood bank (New England Cable News)
(NECN: Boston, Mass.) - Some 8,000 mothers who give birth at Brigham and Women's Hospital each year can now donate blood from their umbilical cords to a public bank where it may be a match for someone facing a life-threatening disease. Public banks, which store cord blood for the stem cells that can combat leukemia, lymphoma, and other deadly illnesses, have existed for two decades, yet they . (Read More)
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