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Jul 2026   Registration is now open for the AABB 2026 Annual Meeting, to be held Oct. 17-19 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Jul 2026   Extremely premature babies require multiple blood transfusions for anemia. But they benefit more from cord blood than adult blood, because it is rich in fetal hemoglobin. This need could be met by processing the red blood cells that cord blood banks routinely discard, turning it into a product for the transfusion of premature babies.

Jul 2026   Neonatal cardiac surgery is one of the largest and most predictable clinical settings in which autologous cord blood can already be incorporated into routine care. When this indication is included, the odds of using cord blood nearly double. Family cord blood banks should make more effort to tell this story and provide this service.

Jul 2026   Interview with Rocio Ayala Edgerton of New England Cryogenic Center, about their partnership with Kindbody.  

Jun 2026   We interview Nina Horowitz, PhD, the CEO of ImmuneBridge. Their technology can expand stem cells 100K-fold, making the large scale production of immunotherapy at affordable prices a possibility. They consider donated cord blood to be the ideal starting material for immunotherapy. 

Jun 2026   China uses cord blood for about 500 pediatric stem cell transplants per year. This is more than Europe or North America.

Jun 2026   Post-Partum Depression occurs in up to 10% of Fathers. The rate is close to half of fathers when the mother is experiencing Post-Partum Depression.

May 2026   From Bank to Bedside is a series of profiles that describe organizations which offer consumers the full range of cellular therapy services, from biobanking to clinical medicine. This month we profile CHA of South Korea. CHA provides an integrated industry-academia-research-hospital ecosystem. The CHA Bio Group is one of the largest medical networks in the Asia-Pacific region, and aims to become the world leader in developing and commercializing new cell therapies.

May 2026   Paraguay has one cord blood bank, the family bank Protectia Paraguay, established in 2015. With Protectia, Paraguay positions itself at the forefront of scientific advancement, ensuring that the biological heritage of its children becomes a key to lifelong well-being.

May 2026   “Maternity Deserts” are parts of the United States where the nearest maternity care is over an hour away. The map of maternity deserts aligns closely with a map of rural poverty. These are places where maternal mortality is higher and birth outcomes are worse. The problems behind maternity deserts are well known, but mothers are still waiting for proposed solutions to be implemented.