February 19, 2010
CORD:USE Cord Blood Bank, Memorial Healthcare System announce partnership (News-Medical-Net)
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Should I bank my baby's cord blood? (KMIR 6 Palm Springs)
Expectant parents are bombarded with decisions to make during pregnancy. Will they have their baby screened for birth defects? Do they want to find out the sex of the baby before the birth? Does the mother want to have a natural birth or opt for pain relief? (Read More)
Japan's Public Television Films Louisiana's LifeSource Cryobank To Feature In Documentary Series On Regenerative . (Medical News Today)
NHK Global Media Services, Inc., Japan's only public broadcasting television network visited Covington, Louisiana to film, LifeSource Cryobank, LLC. LifeSource will be featured in a documentary series on regenerative medicine to be aired next month in Japan. LifeSource Cryobank is the first private company in the United States to offer both umbilical cord blood banking and adult bone marrow stem . (Read More)
"Save-A-Tooth?" System Now Used to Transport Teeth Destined For Cryopreservation and Stem Cell Treatment of Disease (Press Release Network)
Recent research has shown that normally shedding baby teeth and extracted wisdom teeth can be a source of stem cells that are the equivalent to umbilical cord blood stem cells. The use of umbilical cord blood as a source of stem cells has been routine for several years. However, this method has many problems. The window of time for the retrieval of the cord blood is very short, the hospital . (Read More)
Cord blood stem cells show promise treating cerebral palsy (KOLD News 13 Tuscon)
Umbilical cord blood has proven to save lives. Now scientists might be on the verge of using it to change the lives of children with cerebral palsy. (Read More)








