CordBloodForum.org will publish newsworthy items concerning cord blood transplantation. This is a listing of current and past issues posted. Please not that items will be removed if links to the publishing site expire.
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Item
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| 13 June 2008 |
Scientists to issue stem-cell guide: Their goal is to keep people desperate for treatment from falling prey to quacks (Philadelphia Inquirer) |
| 21 May 2008 |
Lawmakers hear success of adult stem cell research (News 8: Austin, Texas) |
| 24 Mar 2008 |
USC And Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Researchers Discover A Way To Enhance The Growth Of Stem Cells From Umbilical Cord Blood After Transplantation (Medical News Today) |
| 04 Mar 2008 |
Lifetime Probability of Needing a Stem Cell Transplant is Much Higher Than Previously Reported, Data Shows (Business Wire) |
| 24 Jan 2008 |
Australian girl switches blood type after liver transplant in first known case (Yahoo News) |
| 16 Jan 2008 |
New hope may lie in lab-created heart- Beating rat heart created in university lab (CNN) |
| 05 Jan 2008 |
Desperate Americans seek unproven cell treatments in China (Associated Press) |
| 19 Dec 2007 |
Stem Cell Research Dominates 2007 Medical Field (Voice of America) |
| 19 Dec 2007 |
BioE Stem Cell Featured in Experimental Hematology Review Article About Potential of Cord Blood Stem Cells (Business Wire) |
| 19 Dec 2007 |
2007: Stem Cell Breakthroughs To Superbugs (MSNBC) |
| 19 Dec 2007 |
Umbilical cord blood can help metabolic disorders (Reuters UK) |
| 13 Dec 2007 |
Top 10 Scientific Discoveries of 2007: Stem Cell Research breakthroughs listed as #1 (Time Magazine) |
| 13 Dec 2007 |
Presented at ASH: Adults With Sickle Cell Disease Have Significant Cognitive Impairment (Doctor's Guide) |
| 11 June 2007 |
Research shows cord blood comparable to matched bone marrow (Cancer Focus) |
| 10 Feb. 2007 |
ASBMT News: New FACT Accreditation Standards Published |
| 10 Feb. 2007 |
The Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) has updated its Web site |
| 16 Jan. 2007 |
FDA News: FDA Issues Draft Guidance on License Applications for Certain Placental/Umbilical Cord Blood Products |
| 8 Jan. 2007 |
Scientists See Potential In Amniotic Stem Cells (Washington Post) free site registration required to access |
| 6 Nov. 2006 |
HRSA Awards $12 Million to Collect, Maintain Cord Blood Units for National Inventory (US DHHS - HRSA News Release) |
| 31 Oct. 2006 |
First liver grown from stem cells offers hope for transplant patients (The Scotsman) |
| 31 Oct. 2006 |
Parts Of Liver Created Using Umbilical Cord Stem Cells (Medical News Today) |
| 1 Sept. 2006 |
Stem cell treatment warning: A company operating out of South Africa is charging tens of thousands of pounds for stem cell treatments, using cells that should not be injected into people, putting the lives of their vulnerable and chronically ill patients at risk (BBC News) |
| 30 Aug. 2006 |
Patients warned over dangers of untested stem-cell wonder cures (TimesOnline) |
| 6 Aug. 2006 |
Technique for multiplying adult stem cells developed (Xagena Medicine) |
| 21 July 2006 |
Press Release: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger directed the state to issue a loan of up to $150 million to strengthen California’s voter-approved stem cell research efforts that offer the potential for new treatments for debilitating and deadly diseases. (CA Office of the Governor) |
| 2 March 2006 |
Cord blood transplant improves survival of children with AML. Findings presented at the BMT Tandem Meetings in February (ASBMT eNews) |
| 8 Dec 2005 |
The 3rd Annual International Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation Symposium was held June 3 and 4, 2005 in Los Angeles. A summary of the Symposium and abstracts of the presentations have been published in the November issue of Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (2005;11:921-939). Reprints are now available. To receive a reprint please send your postal mailing address to: symposiumreprint@cordbloodforum.org. |
| 18 Nov 2005 |
NMDP Memorandum: 10 million donors now registered worldwide |
| 24 Sept 2005 |
Press Release: A clinical trial of ex-vivo expansion of cord blood hematopoetic stem cells is stopped because of adverse events. (Yahoo News) link expired |
| 14-16 July 2005 |
Three press releases regarding cord blood transplantation: (CancerConsultants)
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| 17 April 2005 |
The Institute of Medicine provides strong encouragement for cord blood banking and transplantation in a report requested by the United States Congress. |
11 Feb 2005
(updated 6 Aug 2005) |
Press Releases about Double Cord Blood Transplants:
Cord blood: An option for leukemia patients (Pregnancy and Baby, 19 March 2005)
For further details about the article in Blood about transplanting two cord blood units, click HERE. |
| 27 July 2004 |
Stem Cells Fill Gap Left By Stroke, Say Stanford Researchers (Science Daily) |
| 22 July 2004 |
UK Authorities to Allow Mining of IVF Designer Babies for Stem Cells (LifeSite) |
| 24 May 2004 |
The Second Annual International Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation Symposium was held May 14 and 15 in Los Angeles. A summary of the meeting and abstracts of presentations have been published in the October issue of Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 2004;10:728-739. A reprint may be obtained by sending a request with mailing address to: symposiumreprint@cordbloodforum.org |
| 5 May 2004 |
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for HLA typing to match a future child as a donor of hematopoietic stem cells to a sibling. Abstract (Verlinksky, et al. Preimplantation HLA Testing. JAMA 291 (17):2079) |
| 23 Jan 2004 |
Legislation to Create National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Approved by Senate (ASBMT) |
| 17 June 2003 |
Intravenous Infusions Of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells Benefit Rodents With ALS, Spinal Cord Injury (Science Daily) For further information see Annotated Bibliography XVI: Stem Cell Plasticity and Regenerative Medicine |
