Cord Blood Stem Cells Archives
CU Awarded $1M To Expand Cord Blood Bank
The University of Colorado has received a $1 million federal grant to help expand the inventory of baby umbilical cord blood.
The grant is part of $12 million awarded to 6 cord blood banks around the country by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
CU could get up to $6.6 million over the next 3 years to add up to 4,600 cord-blood units, if Congress continues funding the program.
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Posted on November 28, 2006 07:15 AM | Comments (0)
Difference Between Private and Public Cord Blood Banking
More parents are choosing to donate their baby's umbilical cord blood that is why it's very important for families to know the difference between public and private cord blood banks.
Public cord blood banks have been established to further the research of the medical treatments of umbilical cord blood stem cells and for use in transplants of non-relatives.
If you donate your baby's umbilical cord blood to a public blood bank, they do not provide a link between your baby and your baby's cord blood unit.
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Posted on November 27, 2006 10:22 PM | Comments (0)
Aldagen Demonstrates Ability To Isolate Stem Cells from Cord Blood in Human Clinical Study
Aldagen, Inc. has announced that clinicians at Duke University Medical School have used its new product ALDESORT to isolate stem cells from cord blood and furthermore safely inject these adult stem cells into patients.
The study is led by Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg, who is the director of the Duke Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program and the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank at Duke University Medical Center.
...Posted on March 23, 2006 11:42 AM | Comments (0)
Cord Blood Stem Cell Extraction and Isolation Video
Cryo-Cell International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CCEL), will be broadcasting online a video showing the collection of placental tissue for isolation of Plureon placental stem cells.
Plureon stem cells are a type of stem cell that are showing potential for regenerative medicine.
The collection procedure video will be shown in conjunction with a cesarean section delivery, and will be broadcast from Northwest Medical Center in Margate, Florida, on April 26, 2006 at 6 PM (EDT).
The collection of umbilical cord blood will also be demonstrated during the live Webcast.
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Posted on March 13, 2006 04:01 PM | Comments (0)
Cord Blood Collection Company Biocord Ltd Seeking Capital
Cord blood as we all know is one of the hot "controversy free" methods of collecting umbilical cord stem cells for both research and a growing variety of stem cell therapies.
Biocord Ltd. has entered the growing number of cord blood collection companies with a medical device that it hopes to market to hospitals and health care facilities.
This one however, gets away from the "traditional" (hate to traditional .. makes it sound like this has been going on for decades) needle extraction methods.
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Posted on February 28, 2006 06:52 PM | Comments (0)
New Stem Cell Found In Cord Blood
UPI is reporting that a new form of stem cell has been isolated in cord blood. University of Minnesota Medical School scientists have discovered new cord blood stem cells that may be useful in regenerating nerve tissue.
Short article, but interesting .. will follow up on this if we can find more news .. Scientists find new cord blood stem cells
...Posted on February 16, 2006 12:44 PM | Comments (0)
Research Studies Confirm Promise of Novel Cord Blood Stem Cell from BioE
BioE(R), Inc., a biomedical company providing non-embryonic, human stem cells, announced today that studies conducted by researchers at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis confirm the promise of the company's novel cord blood stem cell - the Multi-Lineage Progenitor Cell(TM) (MLPC(TM)) - for tissue engineering, bone marrow transplantation and regenerative medicine applications.
Comparative Study Finds MLPC Offers "Exciting Capabilities for Tissue Engineering Applications"
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Posted on January 13, 2006 02:49 PM | Comments (0)
ViaCell to be Added to NASDAQ Biotech Index
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 14 - ViaCell, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIAC) today announced that its common stock was selected to be added to the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index(R) (NBI) effective at the beginning of trading on Monday, November 21, 2005.
All securities in the Index are classified according to the FTSE(TM) Global Classification System as either biotechnology or pharmaceutical, listed on the Nasdaq National Market and meet minimum requirements, including market value and average daily share volume, among other criteria.
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Posted on December 8, 2005 05:14 PM | Comments (0)
Cord Blood America CEO to Present at Key Healthcare Investor Conference
Bay Area Biotechnology and Healthcare Forum 2005
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1, 2005 - Cord Blood America, Inc. (OTCBB:CBAI), the umbilical cord blood stem cell preservation company which is focused on bringing the life saving potential of stem cells to families nationwide, today announced that Chairman and CEO Matthew L. Schissler will present at the Informed Investors Biotechnology & Healthcare Investor Forum in San Francisco on December 7 at 12 p.m. Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific.
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Posted on December 4, 2005 10:01 PM | Comments (0)
CRYO-CELL Announces ISO 9001:2000 Certification
OLDSMAR, Fla., Nov. 28 - CRYO-CELL International, Inc. (OTCBB: CCEL) ("CRYO-CELL" or the "Company"), the world`s largest U-Cord(R) stem cell bank, announced today that it has achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification from BSI Americas, Inc., a leading quality management systems registrar.
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Posted on December 4, 2005 09:57 PM | Comments (0)
GE Healthcare and Saneron Announce a Research Collaboration for the Development of Umbilical Cord Blood Processing
CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK AND TAMPA, FL - GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), and Saneron today announced an R&D agreement to optimize GE Healthcare’s Ficoll-Paque for the isolation of stem cells from umbilical cord blood.
This cell population contains stem cells with the potential to be used to treat more than 80 malignant, genetic and acquired diseases, such as leukemia, lymphoma, sickle cell anemia, thalassemia and immunodeficiency.
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Cord Blood America CEO, Interviewed By World Talk Radio, Explains Why Company Outperforms Competitors
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7 - Cord Blood America, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board:CBAI), the umbilical cord blood stem cell preservation company which is focused on bringing the life saving potential of stem cells to families nationwide, today in a World Talk Radio interview with Chairman and CEO Matthew L. Schissler said the Company is outpacing the industry with its performance year after year.
...Posted on November 29, 2005 12:48 PM | Comments (0)
CRYO-CELL International Reports Third Quarter 2005 Results
Oldsmar, FL – October 4, 2005 - CRYO-CELL International, Inc. (OTC BBl:CCEL) (the "Company"), the world’s largest private cord blood bank, announced today financial results for the third quarter ended August 31, 2005.
Consolidated revenues for the quarter were approximately $3.8 million, up 17% from approximately $3.2 million for the third quarter ended August 31, 2004.
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Posted on October 7, 2005 05:04 PM | Comments (0)
Cord Blood America Featured in AGORA Webcast
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3, 2005 - Cord Blood America, Inc. (OTCBB:CBAI), an umbilical cord blood stem cell preservation company, is pleased to announce that it has been featured in a Webcast by AGORA Investor Relations.
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Posted on October 7, 2005 04:58 PM | Comments (0)
Immortalization of Human Cord Blood Progenitor Cells: New Research From George Washington University Medical Center
DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 30 - The ability to derive adult stem cell lines from different human tissues would provide an adjunct to human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) for biomedical research.
A forthcoming article in the journal Stem Cells by scientists at The George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., describes a method that may ultimately lead to this goal in the case of the hematopoietic (blood-forming) system.
...Posted on October 7, 2005 04:42 PM | Comments (0)
First Public Cord Blood Bank Opens in Singapore
Southeast Asia's first public cord blood bank of international standards was officially opened at the KK Women's and Children's Hospital on Wednesday.
The Singapore Cord Blood Bank hopes to save some 80 Singaporeans with blood diseases every year, as well as patients from neighbouring countries.
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Posted on October 4, 2005 06:30 PM | Comments (0)
Cord Blood America Secures $5 Million Financing Agreement
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13, 2005 - Cord Blood America, Inc. (OTCBB:CBAI), an umbilical cord blood stem cell preservation company, is pleased to announce that it has closed a financing arrangement with Cornell Capital Partners, LP ("Cornell") providing the company an additional $5,000,000 in funding.
With this latest agreement, Cornell will purchase $5,000,000 in secured convertible debentures. The company received $3,500,000 on September 9, 2005. The remaining $1,500,000 will be provided upon filing of the registration statement.
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Posted on September 22, 2005 04:38 PM | Comments (0)
National Sickle Cell Awareness Month
New York Blood Center, Kings County HospitalCenter, Civic Leaders Call on Brooklyn Community to Donate Blood
In recognition of National Sickle Cell Awareness Month (September), Kathleen Grima, MD, Acting Chief Medical Officer, New York Blood Center (NYBC) and Jean G. Leon, RN, MPA, Senior Vice President, Central Brooklyn Family Health Network and Executive Director, Kings County Hospital Center will be joined by healthcare leaders, patients and their families to raise awareness of the disease and the need for blood donors in the Brooklyn community today (Sept. 19) 10:30AM, at Kings County Hospital Center, 471 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn.
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Posted on September 19, 2005 05:41 PM | Comments (0)
ChemokineTherapeutics Publishes First Demonstration of Enhanced Survival, Expansion, and Engraftment of Human Cord Blood Stem Cells using Synthetic SDF-1 Analog
Vancouver, BC (September 6, 2005) – Chemokine Therapeutics Corp. (OTCBB: CHKT; TSX: CTI), a biotechnology company developing peptide-based therapies to treat cancer, blood disorders, cardiovascular, and infectious diseases, today announced that it has discovered yet another therapeutic application for its chemokine analog, CTCE-0214.
The discovery, which is published in the Journal Stem Cells, demonstrated that the Company’s second lead product CTCE-0214 significantly multiplied the number of stem cells and related progenitor cell subsets from human cord blood through a process called ex-vivo expansion.
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New Stem Cell Mobilizer Improves Cancer Patient Chances For Stem Cell Transplantation
Vancouver, BC, September 6, 2005 - A study published in the current issue of the peer-reviewed journal, Blood, demonstrates that cancer patients who received AMD3100 (MOZOBIl) plus granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) were able to collect more stem cells in less time compared to the standard mobilization regimen, G-CSF alone.
"Cancer patients need better stem cell mobilization, as the strongest predictor of success in transplant is the number of cells available for transplantation", said study lead investigator Dr. Neal Flomenberg, Chief, Division of Medical Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
...Posted on September 8, 2005 01:28 PM | Comments (0)
Additional Stem Cell Articles In This Category
* Cord Blood America Launches Revolutionary Pricing Plan to Provide* Debate On Storage And Usage Of Cord Blood
* ViaCell Announces Publication of Preclinical Study Demonstrating
* Family Cord Blood Services Assumes Leadership Role amongst Privat
* Umbilical Cord Blood Bank Pledges Donation to Alex's Lemonade Sta
* Bio-Matrix Scientific and Cord Blood America Sign Strategic Allia
* Cord Blood America Signs Agreement with NeoStem, Launches Adult S
* Cord Blood America Reports Year to Date Revenues of $1.485M
* First Cord Blood Bank Launches In South Africa
* Cord Blood From Shanghai To Singapore
* Embryonic-Like Stem Cells Derived From Umbilical Cord Blood
* Pall Systems Play Key Role in Landmark NIH Study on Cord Blood
* Cord Blood America Names Medical Advisory Board
* Researchers Find Key Process In Gene Regulation Occurs In Blood P
* ViaCell, Inc. to Announce Second Quarter Results on August 9, 200
* Medipost Pioneers Breaking Therapy Barriers
* Guam Opens Cord Blood Bank
* Cord Blood America Reports Preliminary YTD Revenues of $1.48M, 18
* Statewide Public Cord Blood Bank Operational in San Antonio; The
* Cord Blood America Applauds Senator Frist's Endorsement of the St
* CRYO-CELL Exceeds 100,000 Client Milestone
* Cord Blood Registry (CBR) Reports Increased Consumer Demand and R
* Study Finds Industrial Pollution Begins in the Womb
* Some Alternatives to Embryonic Stem Cell Resources Covered
* StemLife To Provide Grants To NUSNNI For Stem Cell Research
* Cord Blood America Provides Corporate Update to Shareholders
* CRYO-CELL International, Inc. Retains The Ruth Group for Investor
* CRYO-CELL International, Inc. Reports Results for Second Quarter
* Thermogenesis Corp. Completes Enrollment Of 150-Patient Human Cli
* Using Two Different Umbilical Cord Blood Samples To Treat Leukemi
* South Korean Medical Firm Planning Hospital For Stem Cell Therapy
* Researchers ID Genes Involved with Blood Stem Cell Development
* Cord Blood America Launches The Partners' Circle Marketing Progra
* Bone Marrow Program Now Pushes Cord Blood Donations
* Cord Blood America Chairman and CEO Matthew Schissler Addresses I
* Lifebank Appoints Preeminent Hematologist to Advisory Board
* 10 'Daddies-to-Be' Kicked Off Father's Day Weekend at the Los Ang
* Massachusetts Law Incorporates Educating Expectant Parents about
* Cord Blood America Files Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the
* Cord Blood Donation in Wisconsin Soon To Be Possible
* Conover, North Carolina Cord Blood Banking Firm
* U.S. House Passes HR 2520 -- Bill Would Allocate $79 Million for
* Cord Blood America Provides Corporate Update Discussing Bill HR-2
* Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 (HR-2520) Passes t
* StemCyte Corp. Sheet
* Blood Cord Donations Needed From and For African Americans
* St. Louis Missouri Lab Dispenses Cord Blood
* Lifebank Cryogenics Signs Exclusive Technology License Agreement
* Cord Blood Transplantation: An Update And View To The Future
* Infants with Rare Genetic Disease Saved By Cord Blood Stem Cells
* Sen. Sam Brownback Visits National Cord Blood Program, Meeting Co
* Russian Scientists Store Cord Blood Cells in Moscow Cord Blood Ba
* Cord Blood Banking Concerns
* Cord Blood Banks in Australia Hit With Funding Cuts
* Moms In Portugal To Donate Umbilical Cord Blood
* US Patent Office Denies Third Party Reexamination Request Of Key
* Sen. Leibham: State Senate Passes Leibham Bill That Promotes Umbi
* Geron Announces Publication of Studies Demonstrating Hematopoieti
* Thermogenesis Announces Third Quarter Results
* Life-Cell Launches Cord Blood Bank in India
* New York Senator Pushing for Umbilical Cord Blood Registry
* Stem Cell Clones Developed By BioE
* ThermoGenesis Corp. Retains Matthew Plavan, New Chief Financial O
* ViaCell, Inc. to Announce First Quarter 2005 Results on May 10, 2
* BioE First to Clone and Commercialize Multipotent Stem Cell Lines
* Cord Blood America Announces Acquisition of Family Marketing, LLC
* Cord Blood Registry Reports Strong Growth
* Cord Blood America (OTC BB: CBAI) Corp. Sheet
* Cord Blood America To Discuss Company Profiling In Broadcast Inte
* Results of Adult Umbilical Cord Blood Transplants Study
* CRYO-CELL Comments on Proposed Government Initiative to Fund Nati
* AABB Addresses Release of IOM Cord Blood Report
* Cord Blood America to Present at the FSX Investment Conference
* National Cord Blood Bank Promotes Cell Research
* ViaCell Supports National Program to Bank Donated Umbilical Cord
* India - Family cord blood bank inaugurated in city
* World's Largest Newborn Stem Cell Bank Supports Institute of Medi
* Report Proposes Structure for National Network of Cord Blood Stem
* NMDP welcomes IOM Recommendation for Fully Integrated Cord Blood
* Banking Cord Blood from Sibling of a Child that Could Benefit fro
* Dedicated Umbilical Cord Blood for Sibling Allogeneic Stem Cell T
* Stem Cell Services Re-Named to Better Reflect Its Corporate Cultu
* Establishing a National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Program
* Umbilical Cord Blood Collected and Sold Arbitrarily In Korea
* ThermoGenesis Corp. to Present at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey's An
* Cord Blood Accelerates Eye Treatments
* New Cord Blood Bank To Be Opened in Scotland
* Massachusetts State Senate Endorses Stem Cell Research Bill
* Chandigarh Institute In India To Set Up Umbilical Cord Blood Bank
* Massachusetts Senator Brown Promotes Umbilical Cord Donations
* Cord Blood America Files 10-KSB, Reports 167% Revenue Increase Ov
* Cord Blood Company CRYO-CELL International, Inc. Reports Results
* Cord Blood Bank, Lifebank Appoints New Medical Director
* N.Y. Blood Center Scientists and Cord Blood Transplant Recipients
* Australians Banking Cord Blood For Future Use
* Scientists, Cord Blood Transplant Recipients Call on Senate to Pa
* AABB-Accredited Cord Blood Banks Prepare for Implementation of Ne
* Cord Blood Transplant Recipients Call on Senate to Pass Cord Bloo
* ViaCell to Present at Lehman Brothers Eighth Annual Healthcare Co
* Cord Blood Effective Treatment For Heart Attacks
* Asahi Kasei Medical and ThermoGenesis also expand distribution ag
* Cord Blood Transplant in New Jersey Stops Krabbe Disease Progress
* What Is Cord Blood? or What Is Umbilical Cord Blood?
* National Health Insurance Bureau in Taiwan May Cover Costs of Cor
* Cord Blood America Reports 167% Increase in 2004 Revenues
* Placenta Is A Rich Source Of Blood Stem Cells
* Pluristem Obtains Notice of Allowance from U.S. Patent Office Pro
* Legislation to Create a National Inventory of 150,000 Cord Blood
* Cord Blood Registry Reports Partial Victory: Competitor Viacord R
* Lifesaving Cord Blood and Umbilical Cords...
* Cord Blood Registry (CBR) Corp. Sheet
* Campaign Seeks Minorities' Aid In Cord Blood Donation
* Cord Blood America Expects Record First Quarter 2005 Revenues
* Bio-Matrix Scientific Group Appoints Dr. Geoffrey O'Neill -- Form
* RainMakers International Acquisition Is Expected to Beat Revenue
* Cord Blood Registry Reports Record Growth in Revenue
* Tissue Typed Babies For Sibling Matches Found To Be Illegal in UK
* Correction -- ThermoGenesis Corp. Requests the U.S. Patent Office
* The Costs Of Cord Blood Banking in India
* Pluristem Completes $3.2 Million Interim Private Placement
* Embyonic Cord Blood Bank Opened in India By CryoCell
* Oregon Girl Recovering After Stem Cell Transplant
* Cord Blood Company Viacell 2004 Financials
* On the Eve of Viacell's Financials, CBR Sues Viacell
* Cord Blood Researcher Viacell To Release First Financials Since I
* Cord Blood America Announces Launch of Professional Services Prac
* US Patent Office Rejects PharmaStem Cord Blood Stem Cell Patents
* Cord Blood America Announces Acquisition of RainMakers Internatio
* Massachusetts: Boston City Councilor Promotes Cord Blood Banking
* Are Cord Blood Banks Exploiting Parents?
* Cord Blood Bank List
* What Are Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells?
* Insception Biosciences and Protana Announce Stem Cell Collaborati
* Canada: Connective Tissue Stem Cells To Treat Cartilage and Bone
* Call On US House Legislators to Pass the Cord Blood Stem Cell Act
* Hunter's Hope Foundation Turns 8 Years OldToday
* Durham's Ronald McDonald House kicks off $2.5M fund-raiser
* BioE Raises $8.3M in Private Financing
* Blind, Mute Child with Cerebral Palsy Began Seeing and Speaking F
* Massachusetts: Cord Blood Banking Only Makes Sense if It's a Shar
* Canada: Toronto Researchers Have Discovered New of Stem Cell Sour
* Florida: Cord Blood Stem Cells Used Treat Heart Attack in Animals
* Extension of Umbilical Cord Blood Wanted
* Cord Blood America Inc. Announces Strategic Alliance
* US Congressional Representatives Promote Cord Blood Banking
* Using Two Donors For Cord Blood Transplants Appears Safe
* Lawmaker Pushes Umbilical Cord Donation
* Bill Would Set Up Cord-Blood Donation System
* Cord Blood Stem Cell Definitions
* Cord Blood Mitigates Need for Embryonic Stem Cells
* Firm offers way to store stem cells
* The use of stem cells from cord blood