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FamilyCord and Hoag Hospital Team Up for Cord Blood Storage

January 6, 2011

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — FamilyCord and Hoag Hospital announced a transfer agreement establishing FamilyCord as the cord blood storage provider for the Hoag Cancer Center and Cell Biology Lab. FamilyCord has successfully relocated all of Hoag Hospital’s existing stored cord blood units to its state-of-the-art facility in Los Angeles and will provide [...]

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What makes FamilyCord have the safest cord blood collection kit?

October 25, 2010

What makes FamilyCord have the safest cord blood collection kit? Find out for yourself.

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Cord Blood Banking – Preserving a Lifeline to the Future

May 27, 2010

Cord Blood is a therapeutic alternative to bone marrow transplants in combating more and more diseases.  As a form of therapy for various life-threatening diseases, bone marrow transplantation has been widely used. In this process, family members are tested to find a suitable match for the patient. However, there is only a one in four [...]

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FamilyCord Announces Asset Acquisition of Vista Cord in the Southeast

April 6, 2010

April 6, 2010 – FamilyCord, a subsidiary of California Cryobank, announced the recent asset acquisition of Vista Cord, a regional cord blood bank primarily servicing the southern US states. In conjunction with the FDA and cryogenic transport experts, FamilyCord has successfully relocated all cord blood units to their state-of-the-art facility in Los Angeles. “We worked [...]

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Higher CD34+ Cells Collected Using Liquid CPD in Cord Blood Collection Kits

March 29, 2010

In a study presented at the 51st American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting in December 2009, researchers found that cord blood collected with kits using Liquid CPD appeared to contain significantly more Nucleated and CD34+ cells than units collected with Dry Heparin. The number and potency of stem cells in collected cord blood after [...]

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FamilyCord Unveils Safer and More Effective Cord Blood Collection Kit

March 15, 2010

  March 2, 2010 – FamilyCord, a subsidiary of California Cryobank, is leading the charge in the private cord blood banking industry for safer, more effective collection kits. FamilyCord’s start-of-the-art collection kit is redefining the scientific standards for collection and transport employed by the cord blood banking industry. “Cord blood banking is an invaluable asset [...]

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