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2018 April

Apratim gets cord blood therapy for autism

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Apratim recibe la terapia de sangre del cordón umbilical para el autismo

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Cerebral Palsy Cell Therapy Comparison

Frances Verter, PhD

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2018 March

Seguro de Sangre del Cordón: Paz mental para las familias.

Alexandra Romero, JD, Smart Risk Solutions

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Cord Blood Insurance: Peace of mind for families in need

Amnon Pelz, CEO of Taburit & Special Advisor to Miller insurance

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Cleveland Cord Blood Center Research on Type 1 Diabetes

Jeong-su Do, PhD

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2018 February

Introduction to Dr Yihua An

Inheritor Cell Technology

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Public Cord Blood Bank of Life Starts in Ukraine

Ekaterina Dzhupina (Джупина Екатерина)

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2018 January

Buyer Beware: Parents should demand quality testing of umbilical cord tissue storage

Asawari Bapat, MD, Pedro Silva Couto, MS, Frances Verter, PhD

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Perinatal Stem Cell Society 2018 annual conference

Perinatal Stem Cell Society

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2017 December

Twins and Cord Blood Banking

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Model Cell Biobank: a new business model for cord blood banks

Joanna Tilley, PhD

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Transforming Transplants with Deceased Donor Stem Cells

NJ Sharing Network

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2017 November

FACT Standards and Accreditation for Immune Effector Cells

Kara Wacker, MBA, RAC, FACT Director of Operations

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RAND Corporation report on Public Cord Blood Banking Industry

Frances Verter, PhD

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2017 October

Georgina's Story: Cord Blood for Brother's Brain Tumour

Sarah Conway, Stories of Design

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Recruiting Clinical Trials of Cord Blood or Umbilical Cord Tissue

Frances Verter PhD, Alexey Bersenev MD PhD, Pedro Silva Couto MSc

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2017 September

Amniotic Membrane uses in Ophthalmology

Yvonne Holt, MD, NEXT Biosciences

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Wound Healing with Hydrogels that hold Amniotic Fluid and Membrane

Oula Khoury & Sean Murphy

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2017 August

Amniotic Membrane of the Placenta – Trials

Pedro Silva Couto, Russ Schweizer, Frances Verter

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Grafix and Therapeutic Value of Placental Tissues: Please, Do Not Discard!

Tyler Hoffman & Alla Danilkovitch

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2017 July

Does Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping Impact Family Banked Cord Blood?

Kate Falcon Girard RN MSN, Asimena Rigas Bridges, Jessica Bishop, Morey Kraus

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Sibling umbilical cord blood stem cells conveyed warmth of life

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Lyophilization as an alternative to Cryopreservation

Vimal Jacob, Alla Danilkovitch

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2017 June

Wharton’s jelly to augment cleft palate repair

Charles S. Cox, Jr., M.D.

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Geléia de Wharton para aumentar o reparo da fenda palatina

Charles S. Cox, Jr., M.D.

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Células-Tronco do Sangue de Cordão Salvam Irmão

Royan Stem Cell Technology

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Cord Blood Stem Cells Saved the Brother

Royan Stem Cell Technology

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Moinam’s Story

Cordlife India

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2017 May

New Search Engine: All Open Cord Blood Trials

Frances Verter PhD, Pedro Silva Couto, MSc, Alexey Bersenev, MD PhD, Peter Lozovitsky

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2017 April

Educating Antenatal Care Givers About Cord Blood: Bridging the Gap

Lisa Ouaknine, RN

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Not all umbilical cord tissue banks are the same: Does storage method compromise parent access?

Michael Sivell, PhD

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2017 March

LifeCell Community Stem Cell Banking

Vinesh A. Mandot, Technical Lead at LifeCell

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Cerebral Palsy Alliance Xcellerate Program

Iona Novak, PhD MSc (Hons) BAppSc

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2017 February

The 3rd Annual Perinatal Stem Cell Society Congress 19-21 May 2017

Kyle Cetrulo

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Umbilical Cord Tissue Cells: Challenges and Promise

J.E. Davies - University of Toronto

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Harvesting Newborn Stem Cells from Cord Lining with CellOptima

Dr. Prosanto Chowdhury

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2017 January

Growing use of Newborn Stem Cells in Clinical Trials

Verter, Couto, Bersenev

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Células madre ayudan bebé

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Stem Cells Work Wonders on Baby

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Células estaminais ajudam bebé

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2016 December

When to clamp the umbilical cord for full term babies?

Dr. Elisabeth Semple

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Timing of Umbilical Cord Clamping and Impact on Cord Blood Volume Collected for Banking

Rodica Ciubotariu, MD PhD

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2016 November

Phacilitate Cord Blood and Tissue Webinar

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Girl with metabolic disorder has life-saving cord blood transplant from her brother

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Amniotic Membrane of the Placenta - Part 3

Russ Schweizer

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2016 October

Who Funds Parent's Guide to Cord Blood?

Frances Verter, PhD

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Phacilitate Cord Blood - Meet the future of the cord blood & tissue sector

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Amniotic Membrane of the Placenta - Part 2

Russ Schweizer

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Faça uma decisão informada sobre o armazenamento de sangue de cordão umbilical

Frances Verter, PhD

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2016 September

AABB Launches New Tools for Spanish Speaking Professionals

Brandon Sandine, MPH

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AABB Lanza Nuevas Herramientas para los Profesionales Hispanos

Brandon Sandine, MPH

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Emirati boy saves older brother’s life with cord blood stored in CryoSave Arabia

CryoSave Arabia

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Amniotic Membrane of the Placenta - Part 1

Russ Schweizer

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2016 August

Novel Treatment for Pancreonecrosis Using Cord Blood and Cord Tissue

Kebkalo A., MD, PhD; Lobintseva G., PhD; Shabliy V., PhD; Solyutin R., MD, PhD; Nasadyuk C., MD, PhD; Martynenko S., Master of Law

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Electricity and Stem Cells: Old Signal for New Therapies

Jorge Genovese, MD PhD

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2016 July

Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg's Vision for Harmonization of Standards at USA Cord Blood Banks

Joanne Kurtzberg, MD

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ITxM cord blood education program

Mary C. Wiegel

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CariCord signs marketing agreement with ASCEND Therapeutics

Calvin Cole

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StemCyte - A Global Cord Blood Therapeutics Company

StemCyte Team

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PacifiCord a Healthbanks Biotech Company

HealthBanks Biotech Group

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2016 June

Ecuadorian Boy with Cerebral Palsy Has Improved Health After Cord Blood Therapy

El Universo

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Niño ecuatoriano con parálisis cerebral ha mejorado después de terapia con la sangre del cordón umbilical

El Universo

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Menino do Equador com paralisia cerebral apresenta melhorias após terapia com sangue de cordão umbilical

El Universo

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Fundação Icla da Silva

Airam da Silva, MPH, fundador e CEO da Icla da Silva Foundation

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Icla da Silva Foundation

Airam da Silva, MPH, Founder & CEO of Icla da Silva Foundation

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Umbilical Cord Blood Bank to Fight HIV and AIDS

Nick Walker, PhD

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2016 May

Hemafund CorDi Program and Bank of Life

Olga Maslova, PhD, Kiril Chasovskyi, PhD, and Frances Verter, PhD

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Программа Гемафонда КорДи и Банк Жизни

Ольга Маслова, КМН, Кирилл Часовский, КМН и Френсис Вертер, КМН

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Call to Action to Support the REGROW Act

Kyle Cetrulo

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Prof. Joanne Kurtzberg Interview in Israel

Smadar Shir

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2016 April

Stem Cell Therapies for AutoImmune Diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis

Frances Verter, PhD

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Cell Therapy Clinical Trials for AutoImmune Diagnoses 2011-2015

Alexey Bersenev, MD PhD, Pedro Silva Couto, MSc, Frances Verter PhD

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Hepsi Zsoldos Story

© 2016 Carolyn A. Zsoldos

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2016 March

Miller insurance for cord blood stem cell therapies

Miller Insurance Services LLP

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Sibling Cord Blood Therapy for Cerebral Palsy

Frances Verter, PhD

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2016 February

Save The Fox campaign for Judge Carl Fox

Frances Verter, PhD

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Magnum opus in Royan Stem Cell Technology Company

Royan Stem Cell Technology

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2016 January

After Treatment with her Own Cord Blood, Toddler is Able to Speak

Americord

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MOVIE: Cord Blood Collection Ex-Utero

Macopharma & Canadian Blood Services

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Cord Blood Telomere Length in Latino Infants

Janet Wojcicki, PhD MPH

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2015 December

The Next Blockbuster "Drug" in Women's Health

Marguerite Duane, MD, MHA, FAAFP

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STEMCELL Technologies - Enhancing research with science communication

Nicole Quinn, PhD

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Alliance for the Advancement of Cellular Therapies

Kathy Hebert

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2015 November

Cord Blood Industry Report

Frances Verter, PhD & Pedro Silva Couto, MSc

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CBR & NAHN Partner to Heighten Awareness of Cord Blood Options

CBR

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Planting Seeds One Community at a Time

Alana Cueto

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2015 October

AABB Accreditation of Cord Blood Banks for Somatic Cell Activities

Kathy Loper, MHS, MT(ASCP)

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OriGen CS30M9 5-Chamber Bag

OriGen

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What happens to cord blood cells when the freezing process is interrupted?

Progenics Cord Blood Cryobank

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2015 September

Interview with Matt Farrow, Recipient of World's 1st Cord Blood Transplant

Matt Farrow

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September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Brett Wilson

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Celebrating the Anniversary of the 1st Cord Blood Transplant

Del Steckler

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2015 August

Interview with Kyle Cetrulo about the Perinatal Stem Cell Society

Kyle Cetrulo

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Royan Cord Blood Stem Cells Save A Life

Royan

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Haploidentical Transplantation

Karen Ballen, MD

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2015 July

ClinImmune & CariCord: A Public/Private Cord Blood Partnership

Brian Freed, PhD

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2015 Reauthorization Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act

Joanne Kurtzberg, MD

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TotiCyteTM - the next generation of cord blood processing technology

Jeff Drew, PhD

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2015 June

Sibling Transplants for Thalassemia: Family Banks Fulfill a Public Health Need

Frances Verter, PhD

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AMTF - Helping Blood Disorders

Asim Qidwai, MD

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2015 May

Umbilical Cord Blood Serum Eye Drops

Yvonne Holt, MD

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Present Cord Blood Testing Fails to Determine if the Stem Cells Used for Transplantation are of High Quality and Potency

Ivan N. Rich, PhD

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2015 April

NHS partners with Precious Cells Miracle to expand parent access to cord blood banking options

Husein K. Salem, BSc PhD

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CORD BLOOD BANKING IN SPAIN: Public, Private, and Cross-Over from Private to Public

Alfonso Sánchez Córcoles, MBA

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2015 March

Listen, Parents in India:

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Globe's 2 Largest Cord Blood Banks Partner

Todd Van Horn, MBA

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World's 1st Trial of Amnion Stem Cells for Premature Babies

Rebecca Lim, PhD

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2015 February

Cord Blood Bank Wins Record Damages From Magazine

Arthur Isaev, MD MBA

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Tracking Stem Cells After Infusion

Assaf A. Gilad, PhD

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Cord Blood as starting material for Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

Mahendra S. Rao, MD PhD

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2015 January

Cord Blood and the FDA

Mahendra S. Rao, MD PhD

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Cord Blood Association

CBA Board of Directors

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2014 December

First in West: MSC from Cord Tissue used to treat Graft-versus-Host Disease

Contributed by PBKM (Famicord Group)

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2014 November

Thailand leads the world in conceiving savior siblings for cord blood transplants to cure Thalassemia

Somjate Manipalviratn, MD

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Why red blood cells should be removed before cord blood storage

Andromachi Scaradavou, MD

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2014 October

Be The Match® has a matching stem cell donor for most US patients

Frances Verter, PhD

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Victoria Angel Registry of Hope - Uniquely Helping Canadians

Jane Virro

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2014 September

How Long Can Cord Blood Be Stored?

Hal E. Broxmeyer, PhD

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Adriana's cord blood therapy for cerebral palsy

Irene Martini, PhD

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Inducing Tolerance for Hand Transplants with Stem Cells

Curtis L. Cetrulo, Jr., MD

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2014 August

What your placenta can and can't do

Nancy Sapanara, MD JD

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Americord Launches the Gravity Stand™

Americord

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Nevelash's story

StemCyte India

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2014 July

Latest Cord Blood Trial Targets Autism

Frances Verter, PhD

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Cord Blood Clinical Trials for Novel Indications through 2012

David S. Allan MD

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2014 June

Cord Blood Transplants for Sickle Cell Disease

Dr. Naynesh Kamani

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Cord Blood Transplants for Thalassaemia in India

Brig.(Dr.) Paramjit Dhot

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BeTheCure.in

Dr. P. Srinivasan & Dr. Saranya Narayan

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2014 May

Donate or Save - Take an Informed Decision

Ted Goldberg Lerner

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DHA Omega-3 Supplement in Mom's Diet Boosts Stem Cells in Baby's Cord Blood

Irene Martini, Enea Gino Di Domenico, Roberta Scala, Francesca Caruso, & Herbert Valensise

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Storage of Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal cells in family stem cell banks: What do they offer?

Pedro Silva Couto

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2014 April

Cord Blood Stem Cell Infusion for Children with Acquired Hearing Loss

James Baumgartner, MD & Linda Baumgartner, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT

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Hearing Loss Association of America

Nancy Macklin

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Why Hasn't Private Cord Blood Banking Grown Faster?

Roberto Waddington

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2014 March

Stem cells from premie cord blood

Morey Kraus, PerkinElmer

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Charity Profile: Smart Cells & Borne

Smart Cells

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Premature babies may benefit from their own stem cells

Sean Daneshmand, MD

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2014 February

Accessing the Value of Cord Blood Therapies

Frances Verter, PhD, Joanne Kurtzberg, MD, Lizette Dunay, & Amnon Pelz

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Potential Market of Cord Blood Therapy for Cerebral Palsy

Frances Verter, PhD

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2014 January

Immunomodulatory Properties of Wharton's Jelly MSCs: Myth, Reality, and Hidden Potential

Giampiero La Rocca, PhD, & Rita Anzalone, PhD

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The History of Co-Transplantation of UC-MSC and CB-HSC into Human Patients

Curtis L. Cetrulo, MD

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The use of umbilical cord stem cells in China is booming

Alexey Bersenev, MD PhD

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2013 December

Why Parents Need A Guide To Cord Blood

Cara Paiuk

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Charity Profile: Cords4LifeUK

Cords4LifeUK

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Cord Blood as a plot element in the novel, The Laws of Gravity

Liz Rosenberg

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2013 November

Kit Temperature During Cord Blood Shipments

Frances Verter, PhD

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Photo gallery of cord blood collection kits

Frances Verter, PhD

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Treating Pelvic Organ Prolapse with Stem Cell Based Therapies

Caroline E. Gargett, PhD

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2013 October

Cost comparison: Saving Stem Cells versus Buying Them

Frances Verter, PhD, Roberto Waddington, Alexey Bersenev, MD PhD

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Genetics Policy Institute

Bernard Siegel, JD

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The Difference Between Stem Cell Viability and Potency: A Short Guide for Parents and Patients

Ivan N. Rich, PhD

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2013 September

What is a doula anyway?!?

Bianca Sprague

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Mason Shaffer Foundation

Sarah Shaffer

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Collector Training Improves Cord Blood Collections

Deborah Liney, MBA CHTC

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2013 August

The use of umbilical cord blood cells to treat neurodegenerative diseases offers hope for patients

Nicole Kuzmin-Nichols, MBA

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Because Every Kid Deserves to Feel Special: A Profile of Hope for Henry Foundation

Laurie Strongin

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Plastic Surgery with Adipose Stem Cells

Ricardo L Rodriguez, MD

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2013 July

Competing strategies to expand cord blood use for transplants

Frances Verter, PhD

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Joanne Pang Foundation

Joanne Pang Foundation

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A Parent's Wild Ride To Cord Blood

Cara Paiuk

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2013 June

My Life Through Sickle Cell

Marriam Carol Mulumba

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Building Biobanks for Africa

Eyitayo Fakunle, PhD

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ZACCAF call for proactive fight of Sickle Cell Disease

Chilufya Pikiti

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2013 May

World Cord Blood Inventory 2012

Frances Verter, PhD

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Brain Injury Association of America

BIAUSA.org

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Developing new treatments for Traumatic Brain Injury

Adrian Harel, PhD, MBA

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2013 April

Cord Blood Banking in Canada

Frances Verter, PhD

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Interview with Lee Buckler, founder of LinkedIn's Cell Therapy Industry Group

Lee Buckler

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Stem Cells for Lung Repair in Premature Infants

Bernard Thébaud, MD PhD

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2013 March

Case report of a stem cell transplant supported by expanded MSC

Erik J. Woods, PhD, & W. Scott Goebel, MD PhD

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BMT InfoNet

Susan K. Stewart

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Haplo-Cord Transplants

Mi Kwon, MD

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2013 February

Cord Blood Collection Kits

Sue Armitage

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Sisters by Heart: Supporting Families and Children Living with Half a Heart

Stacey Lihn

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Stem Cells for Cardiac Patients

James T. Willerson, MD

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2013 January

Stem Cell Therapy to Prevent Type 1 Diabetes

Maria Craig MBBS PhD FRACP MMed

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JDRF

JDRF

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Measuring Stem Cells in Cord Blood: The Value of the CFU Assay

Stephen J. Szilvassy, PhD

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2012 December

Eggs, exactly when you want them

Elan Simckes, MD

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Parent's Guide 2012 in Review

Frances Verter, PhD

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Banking Stem Cells From Umbilical Cord Tissue For Future Regenerative Medicine Applications

Rouzbeh R. Taghizadeh, PhD, & Kyle J. Cetrulo

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2012 November

A Genetic Counselor's Perspective on Cord Blood Banking

S. Bonnie Liebers, MS CGC

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BMT-Talk: A forum for transplant patients

Art Flatau

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The "Paracrine Effect" is the best thing about Stem Cells

Ian Rogers, PhD

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2012 October

Capturing California's Diversity Through Cord Blood Collections

Suzanne Pontow, PhD

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New Therapeutic Strategies for Cerebral Palsy

Dra. Ma. del Consuelo Mancias Guerra

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Keeping Your Baby's Precious Cells in "Suspended Animation"

Aby J. Mathew, PhD

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2012 September

Why is Cord Blood Banking so Expensive?

Dennis Todd, PhD & Frances Verter, PhD

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Save The Cord Foundation

Charis Ober

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Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Scams: They're pulling your cord

Doug Sipp

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2012 August

Gene Therapy for Fanconi Anemia

Pamela S. Becker, MD PhD

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Fanconi Anemia Research Fund

Amy Frohnmayer

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Obesity and Pregnancy: A Dangerous Duo

Jordan H. Perlow, MD

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2012 July

Maternal Health Questionnaire and Eligibility to Donate and Bank Cord Blood

Gail Moskowitz, MD

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Giving the Gift of Life

Jay Feinberg

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Matching for the donor's NIMA may improve outcomes in cord blood transplants

Andromachi Scaradavou, MD

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2012 June

Reducing Teen Pregnancy: Tips for Parents

Sheila Overton, M.D., FACOG

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June 19 is World Sickle Cell Day

Nita Thompson

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Amniotic Fluid Cells for Future Tissue Engineering

Julie G. Allickson, PhD, MS, MT (ASCP)

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2012 May

Diabetes and Pregnancy

Michael Dempsey, MD

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The Kacey Rose Foundation

Glen & Kristina Mitchell

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Cord Blood and Lithium Therapy of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

Wise Young, PhD MD

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2012 April

Let's Cure CP is what happens when parents refuse to accept the status quo

Lizette Dunay

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Overview of Clinical Trials Treating Cerebral Palsy with Cord Blood

Frances Verter, PhD

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Clinical Research on Stem Cells in Orthopedic Medicine

Christopher J. Centeno, MD

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2012 March

Preeclampsia, Premature Birth, and Cord Blood Banking

Gina Dado, M.D. OB/GYN

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Charity Profile: Icla da Silva Foundation

Airam da Silva

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Cell Therapy — Is it any better than Tribal Medicine?

Vaijayantee Belle, MD

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