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Feb 2016   Karen is a 6-year old boy who suffered from bone marrow failure and needed a stem cell transplant to survive. Great amounts of time and effort were spared to find a matching bone marrow donor for Karen, but all the efforts were in vain and not even a single match could be found. Since his birth, Karen’s own umbilical cord blood had been banked at Royan Stem Cell Technology Company. Karen became the 12th child in the world to receive an autologous transplant of his own cord blood stem cells for Aplastic Anemia, the first such case in Iran and all of the Middle East nations. This transplantation surgery was successfully performed in a fruitful collaboration of Royan Stem Cell Technology Company and Ali Asghar Hospital, under the supervision of Dr. Bahoosh.

Jan 2016   Isabella was born with Childhood Apraxia Syndrome, and still could not speak by the age of three years old. Her parents had stored Isabella's cord blood privately at birth with the family bank Americord. Isabella was treated at Duke Medical Center, where Dr. Kurtzberg re-infused the stem cells from Isabella's cord blood. Within 3 weeks, Isabella's speech improved noticeably and she said her brother's name for the first time.

Jan 2016   Macopharma & Canadian Blood Services have created a movie to illustrate best practices while collecting cord blood ex-utero.

Jan 2016   Telomeres are the tips of the chromosome that prevent degradation and damage.  Telomeres are associated with biological aging because with each cell division, they divide and get shorter, so that elderly adults have the shortest telomeres. 

Dec 2015   What if there was a blockbuster class of women's health drugs that was proven effective in helping women both avoid pregnancy and achieve pregnancy? Even better, what if these drugs could be used to help diagnose and truly treat a range of women's health issues, everything from abnormal bleeding to infertility, from polycystic ovarian syndrome to recurrent miscarriages? More importantly, what if women could use this class of drugs throughout their reproductive lives, from early adolescence through menopause, without the fear of any medical side effects as is commonly seen with contraception?

Dec 2015   Our tagline at STEMCELL Technologies is Scientists Helping ScientistsTM. This was born organically when someone used it in a meeting, and it stuck because it really describes what we do. Everyone at STEMCELL is passionate about the pursuit of scientific knowledge and our mission to create innovative tools and resources for scientists.

Dec 2015   The Alliance for the Advancement of Cellular Therapies (AACT) is a global alliance dedicated to the ethical, efficacious, and expeditious advancement of cellular therapies. The collaboration between diverse members is directed at the clinical translation of biologics within informed regulatory oversight with a vision to make regenerative medicine standard. Therefore, increasing access for patients to regenerative medicine is at the center of all AACT activities.

Nov 2015   Parent's Guide to Cord Foundation has issued the world's first Cord Blood Industry Report that is based on direct interviews of family cord blood banks around the world. All participating companies were promised confidentiality, hence their proprietary data is only presented in aggregates. The landing page of the report displays an Abstract of the contents, and the Access page explains the subscription procedure. In this article we present a preview of some interesting results.

Nov 2015   In July 2015, Cord Blood Registry® (CBR®) and the National Association of Hispanic Nurses® (NAHN®) announced that the two organizations have entered into a collaboration focused on educating health care providers and the public about the importance of preserving cord blood stem cells. Through active counseling to promote informed decision making by Latina expectant mothers, CBR and NAHN will strive to reach an increasing number of Hispanic families that may benefit from the storage or donation of cord blood stem cells. The partnership will offer cord blood stem cell education and outreach to Hispanic nurses in the form of continuing medical education, materials support, and online resources for those healthcare professionals working with Latino expectant parents.

Nov 2015   Hispanics in the State of New Jersey now comprise the largest minority, making up nearly 18% of the State's population or roughly 1.5 million residents (US Census Bureau, 2010). Despite the nursing profession numbering 3 million registered nurses in the United States, only 3.6% of these are Hispanic, or of Latino origin (AACN Diversity in Nursing, 2015). At the local and state level the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) Garden State Chapter was formed to help bridge the equity and health disparities that exist within Hispanic communities in New Jersey (NJ).