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2017
Jan 2017 There are more advanced cell therapy clinical trials with other sources of perinatal cells than there are with cord blood, either cumulatively or by year.
Jan 2017 When he was 12 days old Jack became the youngest person ever to undergo stem cell therapy in Canada and the first person in the country to be treated for HIE with stem cells.
2016
Dec 2016 Literature review finds umbilical cord clamping at 30-60 secs after term birth ensures safe outcome for baby and adequate cord blood collection.
Dec 2016 Fraction of cord blood collections suitable for transplant goes down by a factor of 7 when cord clamping delay exceeds 1 minute.
Nov 2016 Slides from Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation at Phacilitate Cord Blood and Tissue Webinar 16 Nov. 2016. All presentations will be archived.
Nov 2016 Neha is now a healthy six year old after a cord blood transplant from her brother thanks to the family cord blood bank Biocell in India.
Nov 2016 We see rapid growth in AMP-based injectable products being offered in the U.S., and targeted specifically for allogeneic use. Does this meet FDA guidance?
Oct 2016 Commerical banks are NOT the dominant source of 2015 funding for Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation.
Oct 2016 AmnioChor proposes that amniotic membrane of the placenta (AMP) is a paradigm shifter because a single placenta provides multiple doses for now or later, that can be tissue or cellular therapy, can be autologous, matched allogeneic, or allogeneic therapy.
Oct 2016 The newly launched Phacilitate Cord Blood will be part of Phacilitate Cell & Gene Therapy World in Miami January 2017.