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Cord blood used in diabetes treatmentWednesday, November 5, 2008 @ 7:45PMNearly 3 million children and adults in this country live with type-one diabetes - a disease that will shorten their lifespan and put them at risk for kidney failure, blindness and heart disease.

Business brieflyWednesday, November 5, 2008 @ 7:38AMMARBLEHEAD --The Natural Wave welcomes Danielle Perkins to its staff.

BioLife Solutions to Supply CryoStor(TM) to Cryobanks International as Standard Media for Preservation and Storage of ...Tuesday, November 4, 2008 @ 1:10PM BioLife Solutions, Inc. , a leading developer and marketer of proprietary hypothermic storage and cryopreservation media products for cells, tissues, and organs, today announced that it will supply its CryoStor biopreservative freezing media to Cryobanks International, a Florida-based cord blood stem cell bank for private and public-donation purposes, for long-term storage of stem cells ...

The Natchez DemocratTuesday, October 28, 2008 @ 10:49AMCHESTER, Pa. (AP) — The World Series got suspended. Obama politics never stop. Democrat Barack Obama carried on Tuesday with an outdoor rally at Widener University, outside Philadelphia, despite a cold, steady rain that made the temperature feel freezing.

BioLife Solutions HypoThermosol(R) Adopted by MicroIslet for Processing Pancreatic Islet Cells to Treat DiabetesFriday, October 24, 2008 @ 12:11PM BioLife Solutions Inc. , a leading developer and marketer of proprietary hypothermic storage and cryopreservation media products for cells, tissues, and organs, today announced that MicroIslet Inc. , a biotechnology company engaged in developing and commercializing cellular therapies for patients with diabetes, has adopted HypoThermosol for preserving, transporting, and storing pancreatic ...

AHA Issues First Guidelines On Stroke In Infants And Children, Cord Blood Stem Cells Being Researched As Treatment ...Wednesday, October 22, 2008 @ 6:27AMThe American Heart Association (AHA) recently issued its first guidelines for physicians on diagnosing and treating stroke in infants and children. According to the National Hospital Discharge Survey, the rate of stroke in children is 13.5 per 100,000 (0-18yrs),(1) making it the sixth leading cause of death among children.

Holistic healthcare: Mother and childcare hospital comes up at ShivajinagarTuesday, October 21, 2008 @ 4:26PMHealthcare in India conjures up images of inadequacies, deficit of doctors, lack of advanced technology, hospital beds and medicines.

Up in smoke: The abridged history of US investment bankingSunday, October 19, 2008 @ 11:57PMIt worked. The credit markets have begun to thaw. Overnight LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) dropped 27 basis points to 1.67 percent, the lowest level since September 2004. Three month LIBOR shed 40 basis points last week to 4.42 percent.

2nd Congressional District Q&ASaturday, October 18, 2008 @ 4:08AMCandidates in the 2nd Congressional District - Democrat Dave Loebsack, Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Green Party candidate Wendy Barth and independent Brian White - answered the following questions about national issues.