| 12/2011 |
Be The Match Reaches Their 50,000th Transplant. (Be The Match - National Marrow Donor Program).
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| 10/2011 |
National Cord Blood Inventory: Practices for Increasing Availability for Transplants and Related Challenges . (United States Government Accountibility Office, Report to Congressional Committees).
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| 05/04/2011 |
Giving The Gift of Life, Twice. (Midweek Article-Honolulu, Hawaii). |
| 06/24/2010 |
Cord blood transplant is a viable option for adults with leukemia, click here. |
| 05/2010 |
Public vs. Private Banking: Private Umbilical cord blood banking.
First in a series of stories that aired on ABC News Good Morning America, in May, 2010, examines parents' decisions re: private umbilical cord blood banking versus public banking.
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| 05/2010 |
Cord Blood Banking: Read Between the Ads.
Second in the series of stories that aired on ABC News Good Morning America, in May, 2010, examines ads re: private cord blood banking and potential treatments for diseases. Cautions parents to read information carefully.
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| 05/2010 |
Cord Blood Banking: Marketing Before Medicine?
Third in the series of stories that aired on ABC News Good Morning America, in May, 2010.
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| 10/01/2009 |
Private umbilical cord blood banking is generally not cost-effective.
According to a report in the October 2009 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology using decision analysis techniques, private umbilical cord blood banking, with a cost of $1,374,246 per life-year gained, is only cost-effective for families with a child who has a very high likelihood of needing a stem cell transplant. |
| 05/18/2009 |
National marrow Donor Program marks 3,000th unrelated cord blood transplant |
| 3/1/2009 |
Few physicians advocate private banking of cord blood |
| 02/13/2009 |
Unrelated and Mismatched Cord Blood Transplantation Can Still Help Children with Deadly Conditions |
| 02/10/2009 |
Cord blood ready for adult transplant prime time (PDF) |
| 06/27/2007 |
The first-ever study in children with acute leukemia |
| 05/31/2007 |
Scientists have developed a new scientifically validated method |
| 05/25/2007 |
Stem cells taken from the umbilical cords of newborns can be engineered to produce insulin |
| 07/26/2001 |
Donating baby’s umbilical cord can save lives of cancer patients |
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