Posted on 09 December 2009
Alpha Cord Inc.
Web: www.alphacord.com
PHONE: 866-396-7283
Atlanta, GA
AlphaCord is the only cord blood company which offers parents a choice between multiple labs. Alpha Cord is committed to providing parents the best pricing. These are the laboratories which are currently accepting AlphaCord clients
AssureImmune
Web: www.AssureImmune.com
PHONE: 1-888-3immune (888-346-6863)
OFFICE: Boca Raton, FL
AssureImmune markets the storage of “adult” [...]
Posted on 09 September 2009
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 [...]
Posted on 12 August 2009
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.
“This [...]
Posted on 07 August 2009
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 [...]
Posted on 26 April 2009
Cord blood which was considered a waste at one point of time, is now looked as a life-saving entity by many. Many parents decide to preserve cord blood, which is rich in stem cells, and is used to treat more than seventy different diseases such as leukemia, sickle-cell anemia, lymphoma, thalassemia, neuroblastoma, genetic diseases, and [...]
Posted on 24 February 2009
Once parents have decided to go forward with banking their child’s cord blood, an important decision to consider is which type of cord blood bank should donate to; a public or private one?
Through the use of marketing tools such as flyers, direct mailings, and parenting magazines, most parents usually find themselves in fix as they [...]
Posted on 17 February 2009
Donating your child’s umbilical cord blood is a wonderful way to help someone who needs it.
The umbilical cord used to be thrown away when a baby was born. But these days, blood from the umbilical cord can be collected after your baby’s birth and donated to a public cord blood bank to help someone with [...]
Posted on 02 February 2009
In the recent years preserving the umbilical cord blood has become an event of great significance. Doctors and scientists are encouraging parents to store or donate the umbilical cord blood. Until recently, the umbilical cord miracle was not much known to the general populace.
The umbilical cord blood is rich in stem cells. The umbilical cord [...]