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Aug 2025 The European REACH law bans DEHP in all medical devices as of 2030. The biobanking community needs to obtain an exemptions for the life-saving therapies that are cryopreserved in bags containing DEHP.
Aug 2025 The US federal government has proposed reducing insurance reimbursements for skin substitutes made of placenta. This has turned into a political topic, with millions of dollars spent on lobbying and many reversals of policy. We started covering this story in January 2025 and have major updates posted August 2025.
Aug 2025 Argentina is the 3rd country to publish a clinical trial using a child's own cord blood to treat the brain injury from oxygen deprivation at birth. This achievement was made possible by an advocacy group founded in memory of Delfina Baratelli.
Aug 2025 Unlike past practices, labor induction in 2025 is a very gradual process. This means that mothers having an induction should be prepared for a longer stay in the hospital.
Jul 2025 By the end of 2024, CBR had released over 750 cord blood units – 84% of them for use in regenerative medicine.
Jul 2025 As of the end of 2024, 620 families had used their cord blood stored with ViaCord for a stem cell transplant or regenerative medicine.
Jul 2025 By May of 2025, the FamiCord list of therapeutic applications included 7550 stem cell therapies. The majority, 69%, were peripheral blood and bone marrow processed by FamiCord laboratories for stem cell transplants. FamiCord released a total of 244 cord blood units for both stem cell transplants or regenerative medicine.
Jul 2025 The most important thing you need to know about pregnancy and labor is to keep your mindset "open and flexible". This is the first in a series of interviews with Labor and Delivery nurse Kim Petrella, who is an advisor to Parent’s Guide to Cord Blood Foundation.
Jul 2025 The 2025 AABB Annual Meeting will be held Oct. 25-28 in San Diego. This meeting brings together thousands of professionals in the fields of blood and biotherapies. Register by July 30 to save $300 on the full meeting registration.
Jun 2025 Recent evidence that therapies with cord blood and cord tissue have clear benefit for children with cerebral palsy have finally opened avenues of regenerative medicine that have long been promised by cord blood banks.