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North Carolina Latest State to Enact Cord Blood Education Law
June 9,2009
This week North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue signed a law that requires the state’s Department of Health and Human Services to provide free education about cord blood stem cells and the options for preserving them to parents and physicians.
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Strokes Can Affect Children, Too - A unique program at UCSF is treating children who have suffered strokes.
May 13,2009
The article highlights the frequency of stroke in children and calls attention to the potential consequences of neurological deficit. The story reinforces the significance of the research being conducted at Duke University using a child’s own cord stem cells to help heal the damage caused by stroke. Chloe Levine is one example of a child who has experienced positive changes since her infusion.
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Cord Blood Education Act - Bill to Direct HHS to Conduct Education on Cord Blood Stem Cells
May 1,2009
Federal bill that directs the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to conduct an education campaign on cord blood stem cells so that every pregnant woman can make a more informed decision about cord blood banking.
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Investing in a cord blood bank
April 26,2009
This feature story highlights the many positive reasons a local family decided to bank with CBR.
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Limb-Saving Trial Shows Promise
April 5, 2009
Autologous use of stem cells (in this case, from bone marrow) show promising results and is noteworthy because the treatment is cheaper, safer and less invasive than other alternatives (angioplasty or bypass) for peripheral artery disease. Medicare is said to be looking into the treatment.
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Not All Stem Cells Are the Same
March 13, 2009
This week the Obama administration has given embryonic stem cell researchers what they've been seeking: the potential to receive funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Here's the irony: now that the funding restrictions are lifted, embryonic stem cells may not be the primary focus of stem cell research anyway.
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President Barak Obama Reverses Bush's Stem Cell Policies
March 9, 2009
- Obama to reverse Bush's stem cell restrictions
- Obama overturns Bush policy on stem cells
US FDA allows first test of human stem cell therapy
January 23, 2009
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the way for the first trial to see if human embryonic stem cells can treat people safely, a company involved in the controversial research on Friday. Geron Corp (GERN.O: Quote, Profile, Research), a California biotechnology company, said it plans a clinical trial to try to use the stem cells to regrow nerve tissue in patients with crushed, but not severed, spinal cords.
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Medical News Today: 'Cord Blood May Help Repair Children's Heart Defects'
December 5, 2008
Includes the recent issue of Stem Cells Under the Microscope which covers cord blood stem cells in the use of congenital heart defect.
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Europeans Announce Pioneering Surgery
November 19, 2008
The New York Times reports today that European physicians have successfully transplanted a human windpipe using the recipient's own bone marrow stem cells to reline a donor trachea, thus preventing its rejection by her immune system. Using a new technique developed in Milan, physicians incubated stem cells removed from the patient's bone marrow, growing them into "a large population" which was then used to "seed" the donated windpipe. This is yet another interesting use of autologous stem cells, demonstrating their quickening pace of use in regenerative medicine.
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NBC Austin News Today
November 11, 2008
Children born with heart defects could someday get new valves using stem cells from their own umbilical cord blood.
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Cord Blood Stem Cells May Help Repair Babies' Heart Defects
November 10, 2008
(Bloomberg) -- Umbilical cord blood, rich in stem cells, may provide raw material to repair the hearts of thousands of babies born each year with defective heart valves, according to researchers.
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Entrepreneurs Balance Profit, Social Good
September 26, 2008
The SF Business Times published an article highlighting CBR's Wendy Grant as the founder of the nation's first cord blood bank and as the creator of an industry.
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Stem Cell Therapy Lessens Damage Caused By Stroke
September 16, 2008
In recent studies, researchers at Tulane University have found that injecting human stem cells into the brains of stroke-induced mice triggers immune cells to produce chemicals that protect nerve cells, thereby reducing swelling and scarring. They hypothesizes that stem cells actually change the genetic instructions given out by brain cells in response to injury, reducing brain swelling that would otherwise occur. The lead investigator thinks this area of study is more promising than in developing new drugs to treat this condition, because stem cells have "a marvelous ability to sense and adjust to their environment," which is a statement that holds true for cord blood stem cells.
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Stem cells: Small wonders
September 12, 2008
A front-page article published today about Chloe Levine and the progress she made since an infusion of her own cord blood stem cells to treat cerebral palsy.Read More
About Stem Cells
September 12, 2008
A side article published that clarifies the different types of stem cells and variety of stem cell therapies.Read More
Cochlear Repair After Transplant Of Human Cord Blood Cells May Make Hearing Restoration Possible
September 12, 2008
Study provides hope for a potential treatment for the repair of hearing impairments with the use of cord blood blood stem cells.Read More
For Stem Cells, a Role on the Battlefield
September 9, 2008
The article reports about the use of embryonic stem cells to create red blood cells. The article also notes that bone marrow and cord blood stem cells can be used to make red blood cells. Read More
Umbilical cord a lifeline for 2 kids
September 6, 2008
An article published about a local girl who underwent a sibling cord blood transplant to treat leukemia, following an unsuccessful search for a bone marrow donor. This was the first sibling cord blood transplant in Hawaii.
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Cord Blood Can Be Used To Treat Adult Leukemia
August 21, 2008
An article about the ability of cord blood stem cells to treat Leukemia and the use of cord blood stem cells over the past 20 years.
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Cord Blood Registry Exceeds Growth Forecast for Second Quarter
August 13, 2008
Cord Blood Registry (CBR), the global leader in umbilical cord blood banking, announced today that for the quarter ended June 30, 2008, the company achieved a 32 percent increase in revenue compared to the same quarter in 2007.
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Intrabone route overcomes graft failure with cord-blood cell transplantation for leukemia
August 8, 2008
Researchers in Italy reported a new technique for cord blood stem cell transplantation that was shown in human studies to reduce the incidence of graft-vs.-host disease.
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Cord Blood Banking: The New Insurance for Your Family's Health?
August 1, 2008
Coastal Family Magazine profiles two families who chose to store their baby's cord blood stem cells.
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