Local & National News Articles
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Be The Match Reaches Their 50,000th Transplant. (Be The Match - National Marrow Donor Program).
National Cord Blood Inventory: Practices for Increasing Availability for Transplants and Related Challenges . (United States Government Accountibility Office, Report to Congressional Committees).
Giving The Gift of Life, Twice. (Midweek Article-Honolulu, Hawaii).
Cord blood transplant is a viable option for adults with leukemia, click here.
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.

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.

Cord Blood Banking: Marketing Before Medicine?
Third in the series of stories that aired on ABC News Good Morning America, in May, 2010.
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.
National marrow Donor Program marks 3,000th unrelated cord blood transplant
Few physicians advocate private banking of cord blood
Unrelated and Mismatched Cord Blood Transplantation Can Still Help Children with Deadly Conditions
Cord blood ready for adult transplant prime time (PDF)
The first-ever study in children with acute leukemia
Scientists have developed a new scientifically validated method
Stem cells taken from the umbilical cords of newborns can be engineered to produce insulin
Donating baby’s umbilical cord can save lives of cancer patients
 
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