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: cordblood, umbilical

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)

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)

Cord blood banking topic of forum (Boston Globe)
A bipartisan coalition of legislators in Connecticut is hosting a forum this week on the importance of cord blood education and banking. (Read More)

Tags: cord blood banks, cord blood transplants

CORD:USE Cord Blood Bank Congratulates Team Member Hal Broxmeyer, Ph.D., on his Election as President of the American . (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
CORD:USE Cord Blood Bank congratulates CORD:USE team member and highly esteemed advisor Hal Broxmeyer, Ph.D., on becoming the 2010 President of the American Society of Hematology . (Read More)

GAC Jordan launches service to package and deliver baby cord samples (Journal of Commerce Online)
Jordan, 25 January 2010: GAC Jordan has launched a specialist service in partnership with BabyCord Jordan to package umbilical cord blood for delivery and storage to medical institutions and hospitals in Europe, the USA and Canada. (Read More)

RMS BabyCell, Me n Moms to promote stem cell banking services (PharmaBiz)
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Cord Blood America Grand Opening Available for Investor Viewing (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, a biological insurance policy, to families nationwide and internationally, announced today that the Grand Opening of its Las Vegas corporate office and laboratory, which occurred on Friday, January 22, 2010, is now available for viewing at its website. ? . (Read More)

Tags: donate cord blood, cord blood cells

Doctors Search For Cures In Cord Blood (KMGH 7 Denver)
Doctors are using umbilical cord blood to tackle a whole new set of incurable conditions, from brain damage to diabetes. (Read More)

Doctors Search For Cures In Cord Blood (KMGH 7 Denver)
Doctors are using umbilical cord blood to tackle a whole new set of incurable conditions, from brain damage to diabetes. (Read More)

With a broken back, Spanish Fork teen will 'move on from here' (Provo Daily Herald)
Amberley Snyder was fully conscious as her truck barrelled off Interstate 15 near Sinclair, Wyo., two weeks ago. (Read More)

Celina looks back at a busy 2009 (The Celina Record)
January 2009 kicked off with a Main Street Program meeting. The Main Street board welcomed new board member Celina Chamber of Commerce Director Mitzi Eves and accepted the resignation of long time board member Jane Huddleston who resigned to spend more time with her family. (Read More)

Tags: cord stem cell, umbilical cord blood

Saving cords (BBC News)
Mother says her babies cord blood will be wasted (Read More)

Training for hospital staff in cord blood banking services (Gulf Times)
Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and Virgin Health Bank based in Qatar Science and Technology Park (VHB-QSTP) have launched a comprehensive training initiative for hospital staff under their joint partnership to provide cord blood stem cell banking services. (Read More)

Restoring health (Express India)
Stem cell banking and therapy is making its presence felt in the country. About 1,500 people are opting to store their cord blood stem cells every month. (Read More)

Virgin begins stem cell training for HMC staff (Zawya)
12 January 2010 DOHA: Bringing in experts from United Kingdom, Virgin Health Bank (VHB) launched a comprehensive cord blood training initiative for Hamad Medical Corporation Hamad Medical Corporation ( HMC HMC ) staff, recently. (Read More)

Tags: cord blood storage, pregnancy

Reportlinker Adds Choices in Cord Blood Banking: Factors Influencing Parental Decision Making (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: (Read More)

Findings may pave way for significant advancements in cochlear implant technology for hearing loss (News-Medical-Net)
Loss of spiral ganglion neurons or hair cells in the inner ear is the leading cause of congenital and acquired hearing impairment. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health found that Sox2, a protein that regulates stem cell formation, is involved in spiral ganglion neuron development. The study was published in the January . (Read More)

Defendant's sister takes stand in baby-theft case (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
The defendant's sister, who helped tie a newborn baby's umbilical cord and suctioned out his nose, took the stand this morning in the case against Andrea Curry-Demus, who is accused of cutting the baby from the womb of a woman and then killing the mother. (Read More)

Cord Blood America Announces $1.35 Million Note Retired (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, a biological insurance policy, to families nationwide and internationally, today said that it has retired a $1.35 million note which had been provided by JMJ Financial in May of 2009. (Read More)

Tags: stem cell research, cordblood

Cord Blood America Announces $1.35 Million Note Retired (redOrbit)
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Cord Blood America, Inc. (Read More)

LifeShare Blood Centers to promote marrow, cord blood collection this year (The Shreveport Times)
LifeShare Blood Centers will continue its core mission of collecting whole blood and blood products while promoting bone marrow and cord blood banks. The organization also will increase education and outreach efforts to the area's African-American and Hispanic residents. (Read More)

This Week's 'Barron's' Roundup (TheStreet.com)
The best ETF ideas for 2010, plus bullish assessments of BlackRock and Time Warner Cable. (Read More)

Beike Biotechnology, Jiangsu University and Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Receive $1.8 Million for Human Mesenchymal . (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Jiangsu Government's Science and Technology Department has announced a $1.8 million grant - the Jiangsu Technological Achievements Transformational Grant - to support the research and development of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell technologies. (Read More)

Tags: pregnancy, cord blood