Newsletter Contents

2013 May

Frances Verter, PhD World Cord Blood Inventory 2012
(no author) Brain Injury Association of America
Adrian Harel, PhD MBA Developing new treatments for Traumatic Brain Injury

2013 April

Frances Verter, PhD Cord Blood Banking in Canada
Lee Buckler Interview with Lee Buckler, founder of LinkedIn's Cell Therapy Industry Group
Bernard Thébaud, MD PhD Stem Cells for Lung Repair in Premature Infants

2013 March

Erik J. Woods, PhD, & W. Scott Goebel, MD PhD Case report of a stem cell transplant supported by expanded MSC
Mi Kwon, MD Haplo-Cord Transplants
(cord blood transplants supported by half-matched bone marrow)
Susan K. Stewart BMT InfoNet

2013 February

Sue Armitage Cord Blood Collection Kits
Stacey Lihn Sisters by Heart: Supporting Families and Children Living with Half a Heart
James T. Willerson, MD Stem Cells for Cardiac Patients

2013 January

Maria Craig MBBS PhD FRACP MMed Stem Cell Therapy to Prevent Type 1 Diabetes
(no author) JDRF (charity Profile)
Stephen J. Szilvassy, PhD Measuring Stem Cells in Cord Blood: The Value of the CFU Assay

2012 December

Elan Simckes, MD Eggs, exactly when you want them
Frances verter, PhD Parent's Guide 2012 in Review
Rouzbeh R. Taghizadeh, PhD, & Kyle Cetrulo Banking Stem Cells From Umbilical Cord Tissue For Future Regenerative Medicine Applications

2012 November

S. Bonnie Liebers, MS CGC A Genetic Counselor's Perspective on Cord Blood Banking
Art Flatau BMT-Talk: A forum for transplant patients
Ian Rogers, PhD The "Paracrine Effect" is the best thing about Stem Cells

2012 October

Suzanne Pontow, PhD Capturing California's Diversity Through Cord Blood Collections
Aby J. Mathew, PhD Keeping Your Baby's Precious Cells in "Suspended Animation"
Dra. Consuelo Mancias New Therapeutic Strategies for Cerebral Palsy

2012 September

Dennis Todd, PhD Why is cord blood banking so expensive?
Charis Ober Save The Cord Foundation
Doug Sipp Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Scams: They're pulling your cord

2012 August

Jordan Perlow, MD Obesity and Pregnancy: A Dangerous Duo
Amy Frohnmayer Fanconi Anemia Research Fund
Pamela Becker, MD PhD Gene Therapy for Fanconi Anemia

2012 July

Jay Feinberg Giving the Gift of Life
Gail Moskowitz, MD Maternal Health Questionnaire and Eligibility to Donate and Bank Cord Blood
Andromachi Scaradavou, MD Matching for the donor's NIMA may improve outcomes in cord blood transplants

2012 June

Sheila Overton, MD Reducing Teen Pregnancy: Tips for Parents
Nita Thompson June 19 is World Sickle Cell Day
Julie Allickson, PhD Amniotic Fluid Cells for Future Tissue Engineering

2012 May

Michael Dempsey, MD Diabetes and Pregnancy
Glen & Kristina Mitchell The Kacey Rose Foundation
Wise Young, PhD MD Cord Blood and Lithium Therapy of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

2012 April

Lizette Dunay Let's Cure CP is what happens when parents refuse to accept the status quo.
Frances Verter, PhD Overview of Clinical Trials Treating Cerebral Palsy with Cord Blood
Christopher J. Centeno, MD Clinical Research on Stem Cells in Orthopedic Medicine

2012 March

Gina Dado, MD Preeclampsia, Premature Birth, and Cord Blood Banking
(no author) Icla da Silva Foundation
Vaijayantee Belle, MD Cell Therapy — Is it any better than Tribal Medicine?