In Kolkata, a top official said that one of the leading stem cell banking groups in the Asia Pacific region, CordLife, is targeting an expansion of its business into China and India. “We’re looking at India and China as two big markets in terms of our stem cell business in the Asia Pacific region – keeping [...]

Ashley Ross Cord Blood Program of the San Diego Blood Bank COLLECTS FOR: Transplants COLLECTS FROM: INTERNET: www.sandiegobloodbank.org PHONE: (619) 296-6393 extension 8327 STORAGE: San Diego, CA TRANSPLANT REGISTRIES: BMDW, NMDP Bonfils Cord Blood Services Belle Bonfils Memorial Blood Center COLLECTS FOR: Transplants COLLECTS FROM: INTERNET: www.bonfils.org PHONE: STORAGE: Denver, CO TRANSPLANT REGISTRIES: BMDW, NMDP [...]

The personal finance expert Suze Orman, who found fame on Oprah, recently addressed the importance of making cord blood banking a priority. Her show features a segment called “Can I Afford It?” in which she takes calls from viewers and provides candid financial advice on the air. An expectant mom called in for advice as [...]

The Santa Monica, California-based company, Cord Blood America, has begun construction on a $500,000 laboratory to process umbilical cord blood collected at a baby’s birth and then store it at extremely cold temperatures. The lab, located in a business park, is on track for an October completion but will not go into operation until it [...]

Cleveland Cord Blood Center has gained accreditation from the Foundation for Accreditation of Cellular Therapy for complying with international standards for umbilical cord blood collection, processing, testing, banking, selection and release. This endorsement will allow the center to list its store of cord blood on a U.S. and international registry for use around the world. [...]

Chinese umbilical cord blood bank, China Cord Blood Corp. hopes to raise $15 million in an initial public offering, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week. China Cord Blood Corp. has not yet listed how many shares it is offering. It expects to be listed under the “CCBB” symbol on [...]

Cord Blood America Inc. plans to open a multimillion-dollar facility in Las Vegas to store umbilical cord blood—which is rich in non-controversial adult stem cells. Jennifer Lahl, founder and national director at The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network said umbilical cord blood can be stored for years and used to treat diseases and conditions. [...]

Papers have been signed and things are moving ahead between StemCyte Inc, an American company, and Apollo Hospital Enterprises Ltd. This collaboration hopes to bring about a revolution in the treatment of over seventy different types of diseases by introducing ‘plasma depletion’ technology in India. A Memorandum of Understanding between the two companies was signed [...]

The Health Resources and Services Administering (HRSA) recently awarded a $9 million grant to the cord blood bank at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. The three-year allocate will endowment the collection, processing and storage of umbilical cord blood at M. D. Anderson to be entered in the National Cord Blood Inventory [...]

Cryobanks International India, a umbilical cord blood stem cell banking company, has set a target of collecting 20,000 samples nationally within a year, the company CEO C V Nerikar said Thursday. “Already 10,000 samples have been collected so far and another 10,000 would be collected in a year?s time” he told reporters. The company started [...]