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Nov 2025 Akshoy is the first child in India to have a successful cord blood transplant for thalassemia after conception of a savior sibling through PGD IVF. This was made possible by the Save The Sibling project that brings together expertise in reproductive medicine, stem cell science, and clinical transplantation.

Public Relations Tactics for Cord Blood Banks

Nov 2025 Media Training teaches us that anything disparaging that is said to the media about "other" people in the same industry could be misinterpreted and have negative consequences for the entire industry.

Tariff Impacts on the Blood Supply

Nov 2025 Some US patients need life-saving blood derivatives that are made from the plasma of US donors. Yet, some of those plasma derivatives are produced outside of the US, and the processing may use bags and equipment that are also manufactured outside the US. Thus, depending on the specific blood derivative, US payers are being charged a tariff to deliver blood products from US donors to US patients.

Rainbow of Heroes Celebrates Transplant Survivors

Rainbow of Heroes Celebrates Cord Blood Transplant Survivors

Oct 2025 This year was the 25th anniversary of the Rainbow of Heroes Walk. The ROH Walk is a celebration and remembrance of loved ones that have undergone a stem cell transplant at the Duke division of Pediatric Transplant and Cellular Therapy (PCTC).

Cord Blood Banks in Greece

Oct 2025 Today in Greece, 30% of parents that are having babies in private maternity hospitals choose to privately store cord blood. But the Greek health regulations force private banks to throw out most of these collections. The number of cord blood banks in Greece is now 4 private and 3 public, down from 2010 numbers of 23 private and 3 public.

Options for Pain Control During Labor & Delivery

Oct 2025 The active phase of labor is where different moms will take diverging paths on how much pain control they desire. Our advisor Kim Petrella, MSN, reviews the main forms of pain control that are offered in hospitals and how their use can be synched with maternal movement and fetal monitoring.

The Cells4Life Advantage

Sep 2025 Sponsored Post: Cells4Life US

Regulatory T-cells from cord blood as ALS Therapy

Sep 2025 Because of their role in regulating immune tolerance, regulatory T-cells hold great promise for treating auto-immune disorders. Tregs derived from cord blood are more concentrated and pure than Tregs from adult blood donors. There are many variables in the development of Tregs for clinical use.

Ethical Placental Tissue Company Speaks Out

Sep 2025 "No one is going to lose access to wound care if reimbursements are capped". "Furthermore, I don’t believe that patients or physicians will suffer if companies that survive on exploitive reimbursement practices are forced to change how they operate or cease to exist".