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FamilyCord Introduces CordTissuePlus

June 29, 2011

Los Angeles, CA – FamilyCord, one of the nation’s leading cord blood banks, today announced their latest contribution to the advancement of the umbilical cord blood and tissue storage industry: CordTissuePlus. With CordTissuePlus, new parents now have the opportunity to not only store stem cells from their baby’s cord blood, but also from the umbilical [...]

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Stem cells from umbilical cord tissue for tissue repair

June 21, 2011

Umbilical cord tissue provides a unique source of cells with potential for tissue repair. Once a baby is born umbilical cord and cord blood is discarded.  But now scientist have found cord tissue has mesenchymal stem cells which form bone, cartilage, tendon, ligament cells. <a href=”http://a.stanzapub.com/delivery/ck.php?n=61381f&amp;cb=036c67876716c181aa454b2e8026359e” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://a.stanzapub.com/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=629&amp;cb=036c67876716c181aa454b2e8026359e&amp;n=61381f” border=”0″ alt=””></a> Cord blood is first collected [...]

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Patent for a Cell Transplantation Procedure Using Umbilical Cord Blood Cells

July 9, 2010

The University of South Florida’s Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair has been granted a patent for a cell transplantation procedure combining human umbilical cord blood (HUCB) cells and a sugar-alcohol compound called “mannitol” that may make a big difference in treating life-threatening neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and stroke, [...]

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Duke University Receives $10.2 million Grant for Cord Blood Research

March 22, 2010

Duke University has received a grant from the Robertson Foundation to facilitate  Duke Medicine’s pioneering cell therapy research and treatment programs for children and adults with cancer, cerebral palsy, stroke and brain injuries suffered at birth.   The intention of the grant, according to Victor J. Dzau, M.D., chancellor for Health Affairs, is to facilitate the [...]

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Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplant Treating Heart, Lung Disorders

March 22, 2010

Two separate studies have shown that transplanted human-derived umbilical cord blood stem cells transplanted in an animal model had positive therapeutic effects on specific lung and heart disorders the animal models. “Human cord blood stem cells have been successfully isolated, cultivated and been shown to differentiate into various cell types, such as osteoblasts, chondrocytes, adipocytes, [...]

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