Local & National News Articles
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12/01/2009 Two cord blood units reduce risk of leukemia recurrence. In patients with acute leukemia who receive two units of umbilical cord blood, risk of the disease returning is significantly reduced.
10/1/2009 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.
8/23/2009 Hal Broxmeyer, PhD. The road to and future of cord blood transplantation.
5/18/2009 National marrow Donor Program marks 3,000th unrelated cord blood transplant
3/1/2009 Few physicians advocate private banking of cord blood
2/13/2009 Unrelated and Mismatched Cord Blood Transplantation Can Still Help Children with Deadly Conditions
2/10/2009 Cord blood ready for adult transplant prime time (PDF)
6/27/2007 The first-ever study in children with acute leukemia
5/31/2007 Scientists have developed a new scientifically validated method
5/25/2007 Stem cells taken from the umbilical cords of newborns can be engineered to produce insulin
9/28/2006 A University of Missouri-Columbia researcher working with pigs has succeeded for the first time in isolating a rare type of adult stem cell circulating in the blood.
7/26/2001 Donating baby’s umbilical cord can save lives of cancer patients
 
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