China Cord Blood's fiscal 2010 third-quarter net revenue up 23.5% (News-Medical-Net)
China Cord Blood Corporation, China's leading provider of cord blood collection, laboratory testing, hematopoietic stem cell processing, and stem cell storage services, today announced unaudited financial results for the third quarter and first nine months ended December 31, 2009. (Read More)

China Cord Blood's fiscal 2010 third-quarter net revenue up 23.5% (News-Medical-Net)
China Cord Blood Corporation, China's leading provider of cord blood collection, laboratory testing, hematopoietic stem cell processing, and stem cell storage services, today announced unaudited financial results for the third quarter and first nine months ended December 31, 2009. (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)

Tags: cord blood collection, stem cell research

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)

Tags: baby, stem cell

Lifebank Becomes the First and Only Canadian Cord Blood Bank To Achieve Industry-Leading FACT Accreditation (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire - 02/25/10) - Lifebank Corp. ("Lifebank" or the "Company") (TSX-V: LBK - News ) 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"). FACT accreditation is considered the gold standard of quality, performance and . (Read More)

Lifebank Becomes the First and Only Canadian Cord Blood Bank To Achieve Industry-Leading FACT Accreditation (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire - 02/25/10) - Lifebank Corp. ("Lifebank" or the "Company") (TSX-V: LBK - News ) 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"). FACT accreditation is considered the gold standard of quality, performance and . (Read More)

China Cord Blood Corporation Acquires Stake in Shandong Cord Blood Bank (redOrbit)
HONG KONG, Feb. (Read More)

Tags: cord blood donation, cordblood

CORD:USE Cord Blood Bank, Memorial Healthcare System announce partnership (News-Medical-Net)
CORD:USE Cord Blood Bank announced today that it is partnering with the Memorial Healthcare System, the fifth-largest public healthcare system in the nation, to collect umbilical cord blood that will be placed in a global registry for patients in need of a potentially life-saving transplant. (Read More)

Banking on hope (The Scientist)
Ten years ago scientists discovered dental stem cells; now companies charge consumers to bank them. Are such ventures supported by science? (Read More)

Should I bank my baby's cord blood? (WTOL 11 Toledo)
You've heard about cord blood banking, but is it a good choice for your family? Learn more about the pros and cons of this relatively new practice. (Read More)

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)

Tags: cord stem cell, cord blood cells

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)

Tags: cordblood, umbilical

MCG: First FDA-Approved Stem Cell Trial In Pediatric Cerebral Palsy (redOrbit)
Medical College of Georgia researchers are conducting the first FDA-approved clinical trial to determine whether an infusion of stem cells from umbilical cord blood can improve the quality of life for children with cerebral palsy.The study will include 40 children age 2-12 whose parents have stored cord blood at the Cord Blood Registry in Tucson, Ariz.Umbilical cord blood is rich in stem cells . (Read More)

Histostem Participates In Successful Stem Cell Treatment For Acute Spinal Cord Injury In Dogs (Medical News Today)
Stem Cell Therapy International, Inc. (OTCBB: SCII) announced that Histostem Ltd. of South Korea ("Histostem") has participated in a study resulting in the successful treatment of spinal cord injury in dogs through the use of Multipotent Stem Cells (MSCs) derived from Human Umbilical Cord Blood (HUCB). The study, a collaborative effort between a team of doctors from the Departments of Veterinary . (Read More)

China Cord Blood Corporation Warrant Registration Statement Declared Effective by SEC (redOrbit)
HONG KONG, Feb. (Read More)

Banking a little piece of mind (Burnaby NewsLeader)
Chantal Wong still remembers seeing the email at work. A colleague was seeking potential bone marrow donors for their sick child. What made their case especially challenging was the parents were of different races, making it particularly difficult to find a matching donor. She saw the implications for her own family?Chantal, 35, and her husband, Grant, 39, are both half Chinese and half . (Read More)

Tags: cord blood donation, cord blood registry

Blood bank's work at risk (The News & Observer)
Matthew Furtick, who drives a van for the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank at Duke, had just dropped off a patient and was going down Hillandale Road in Durham when a car evading police barreled onto the road from the expressway. (Read More)

Coalition for cord blood banks (WTNH-TV New Haven)
A coalition of Connecticut lawmakers will hold a forum this week in Hartford on the importance of cord blood education and banking. (Read More)

Cord blood banking topic of CT forum (WTNH-TV New Haven)
A bipartisan coalition of Connecticut lawmakers is hosting a forum this week in Hartford on the importance of cord blood education and banking. (Read More)

Tags: umbilical, cordblood