March 4, 2010
Insception Cord Blood Program Expands to Calgary (Marketwire)
Welcome, hope you got some time to relax and have a look at these stories that have made it to the headlines this week.
Cord Blood Registry Launches Industry-Leading Innovations for Newborn Stem Cell Collection (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Cord Blood Registry , the global leader in the collection and preservation of newborn stem cells from the umbilical cord, announced today the launch of its new stem cell collection system that saves a greater number and diversity of a newborn's stem cells ? from both the blood in the umbilical cord and the cord tissue itself ? for a wider range of potential therapeutic uses. ? (Read More)
Lifebank Becomes the First and Only Canadian Cord Blood Bank To Achieve Industry-Leading FACT Accreditation (Marketwire)
BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire - Feb. 25, 2010) - Lifebank Corp. ("Lifebank" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:LBK) announced today that it has become the first and only cord blood bank in Canada to earn the industry's highest accreditation from the Foundation of Accreditation of Cellular Therapy ("FACT") . (Read More)
FamilyCord introduces start-of-the-art collection kit for cord blood banking industry (News-Medical-Net)
FamilyCord, a subsidiary of California Cryobank, is leading the charge in the private cord blood banking industry for safer, more effective collection kits. FamilyCord's start-of-the-art collection kit is redefining the scientific standards for collection and transport employed by the cord blood banking industry. (Read More)
Cord blood banking for Pinoys? (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
MANILA, Philippines - What are the benefits of keeping your baby's cord blood cryogenically preserved? According to Steven Fang, founder and CEO of CordLife Limited, keeping umbilical cord blood in cold storage allows families to "insure" themselves against future medical conditions such as lymphoma and leukemia, which are the top 2 childhood cancers in the Philippines. (Read More)








