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A Spanish baby’s cord blood stem cell saved the life of a leukaemia patient in Scotland. The little boy Jordan was suffering from the deadly disease and stem cell was his last ray of hope. The doctors have found the required stem cell after going through the international stem cell register. Only then the [...]

BioEden (registered with the FDA), is the first fully operational processing laboratory and storage bank for primary teeth stem cells to open in the U.S. Their state-of-the-art facilities are located in Austin, Texas, and will serve children and their families nationwide. BioEden is also the only cell storage facility willing to guarantee their services.
The stem [...]

Brandyn Orr, 12, of Mesa was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 2 years old and relapsed when he was 6. He was treated with an umbilical cord blood transplant using the blood collected during the birth of his brother Devyn, 7.
Also known as “placental blood,” cord blood is what remains in the umbilical [...]

What is cord blood banking?
Cord blood banking is storing the umbilical cord blood taken from the baby’s umbilical cord (which is normally discarded anyway). It can be stored in private cord blood banks (paid for) or government cord blood banks (normally free).
h2>Why is umbilical cord blood stored?
The umbilical cord blood is a rich source [...]

New Jersey’s leading adversaries, the Catholic bishops, and Assemblyman Neil Cohen, D-Union, finds common ground in the area of adult stem-cell research. In the debate over embryonic stem-cell research they came together on Tuesday to promote the donations of placenta and umbilical-cord blood.
The two sides jointly announce the start of a promotional campaign that [...]