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  • Cambria boy is a cancer survivor turned photographer extraordinaire Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 2:53PMAt age two, Spencer Caserio was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). Despite six months of aggressive chemotherapy, he relapsed. His only chance of survival would be to undergo a grueling, umbilical cord blood transplant at Duke University Children's Research Hospital. At age nine, Spencer is cancer free. He now spends his time capturing award-winning photographs. Spencer ...
  • In brief Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 12:31AMScandalized by federal regulators who had sex with oil company executives and negotiated with them for jobs, the agency that oversees offshore drilling is imposing a first-ever ethics policy that bars inspectors from dealing with a company that employs a family member or personal friend.
  • Please Donate Blood in Commemoration of 9/11 Victims Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 9:14AMNEW YORK, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New York Blood Center (NYBC), serving more than 20 million people in New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, New Jersey, and parts of Connecticut and Pennsylvania, calls upon the communities it serves to please donate blood in honor and remembrance of the thousands of men, women, and children affected by the terrorist attacks of September 11 ...
  • Brain trauma in sports associated with motor neuron disease, researchers find Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 6:05AMThe Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University School of Medicine and Department of Veterans Affairs announced today that they have provided the first pathological evidence that repetitive head trauma experienced in collision sports is associated with motor neuron disease, a neurological condition that affects voluntary muscle movements.
  • Son donating kidney to save father's life Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 7:28PMRoosevelt County Sheriff Reserve Deputy J.P. Nichols volunteers his time to serve the community with the sheriff’s office. On Oct. 7 he’s going to give a piece of himself to save his father’s life. Nichols said he will be donating one of his...
  • Toddler fights life-threatening illness Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 4:52PMLily Anna Quiles is a 2½-year-old girl facing an adult-size challenge.
  • Sharon Square Jam: Orchestra Morphine blow out the lights Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 4:32PMResidents came out in large numbers for the16th annual square jam on Thursday, Aug. 5, to sample the epicurean delights of local restaurants and local working farms while grooving or even rocking to the sounds of a rarely seen band from the Boston/Cambridge area.
  • First hospital in Collin County offers cord blood collection Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 9:23PMALLEN - Mothers in Collin County have a new way to protect their newborns long into their lives. Texas Health Allen has partnered with the Texas Cord Blood Bank to become the first Collin County hospital to collect cord blood. "We are pleased to be the first hospital in Collin County to offer this phenomenal benefit to our community," said Sheila McKinney, president of Texas Health Allen ...
  • Fashion's Kieselstein-Cord split looking ugly Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 10:58PMBarry Kieselstein-Cord is in the midst of a messy divorce from his third wife, Karen Kieselstein-Cord. The jewelry designer's split from wife No. 2...
  • Mahnomen Co. Deputy Shot More Than 1 Year Ago Dies Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 10:45PMA Mahnomen County Sheriff's Deputy who was shot in the line of duty in February 2009 died Monday morning.
  • Stem cells help city docs save limbs Sunday, August 8, 2010 @ 6:31PMDoctors are now trying to use stem cells to save limbs from amputation. A city-based team extracted stem cells from the bone marrow and injected them into the leg of patients slated for amputation.
  • Alcohol suspected in ATV collision: OPP Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 1:49PMA Midland man has serious back and spinal cord injuries following an ATV collision on Saturday night and Sudbury OPP are looking for an unknown woman who was also on the four wheeler. Police said alcohol is suspected to be involved in the crash.[...]
  • Celebrating Africa Day: Time to take stock Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 12:38PMIn most instances when Jose Mourinho, the outgoing Inter Milan manager, was watching his team playing during the past season, he was so engrossed in graphs and diagrams that from the very first whistle of the match, he could be seen sketching diagrams.
  • CordLife introduces quality guarantee programme in India Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 12:42AMCordLife recently introduced a programme on quality guarantee for its cord blood clients in India. Cordlife is the only stem cell bank providing such a warranty to ensure the quality of the cord blood stored.
  • Adult stem cell research far ahead of embryonic Monday, August 2, 2010 @ 1:20AMAP PHOTO/DERICK E. HINGLE In this photo taken last month, Scientific Director for TCA Cellular Therapy Jose J. Minguell inserts samples of stem cells into a cryo storage tank at the Life Source Cryo Bank a subsidiary company of TCA Cellular Therapy L.L.C. in Covington, La.
  • American booster of Mandi Schwartz being investigated for fraud Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 1:04AMTedd Collins IV, an American, who has been advocating for bone marrow donors to step forward to help Saskatchewan-raised Yale hockey player Mandi Schwartz is facing some legal headaches.
  • Did H1N1 Vaccine Cause Paralysis in Shreveport 5-Year Old? Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 6:00PMIt's a parent's nightmare: Your child is walking one day and then one day later, suddenly cannot walk. That's what happened to one Shreveport little girl.
  • Questions Are Raised About Cancer Patient’s Benefactor Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 6:16PMThe plight of Mandi Schwartz, a Yale hockey player with leukemia, has been widely shared. But Tedd Collins IV, one of her leading benefactors, has a tangled financial past.
  • Will Justice Be Served? Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 11:59AMStuffed jumbo shrimp with a baked potato. Five bags of heroin. A night in a plush downtown hotel with an armed cop at the door. All of this was allegedly paid for and arranged by a New Haven police officer the night before a star witness was to testify in a hearing leading up to a 1995 murder trial.
  • ANGEL OF MERCY... Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 12:26AMA BAHRAINI mother's love for her family has inspired her to raise awareness on potential cures for thalassaemia carriers and to financially help those in need.
  • Benefit to raise money for local woman in need Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 5:04PMA benefit tonight, Friday, July 23 in Montague is meant to help someone who others say has always helped her community in every way possible.
  • Family seeks help through benefit Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 8:49AMIn February, veins ruptured in Tim Ellison’s legs.
  • China Cord Blood cancels incentive plan Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 7:29AM(AP:NEW YORK) China Cord Blood Corp., which operates a blood bank in China for umbilical cord blood, said Friday it canceled an incentive plan for nine million warrants to management.
  • Trust fund for Teoh’s baby now close to RM500,000 Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 3:12AMSHAH ALAM, July 16 — The Teoh Beng Hock Trust Fund set up last year for the dead political aide’s only son, Teoh Er Jia, stands at close to half a million ringgit today and is still growing. “As at June 23, 2010, [the] total collection of the Trust Fund is RM477,809.66,” Serdang MP and DAP member, Teo Nie Ching, told The Malaysian Insider. Teo, a ...
  • Kit helps mothers tap valuable cord blood Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 11:43PMA Duke doctor hopes that an easier donation process will trigger a surge in donations of blood cells so valuable they've been used to reverse and even cure otherwise fatal disorders.
  • 'If I die, I die trying to live': Kent teen facing the fight of her life Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 4:14AMJayne Johnson’s house is like that of most 16-year-olds. There’s a television in the family room, and a computer well-stocked with video games in the den. There are her two wiggly little dogs, Taffy and Tyrone, whom she dotes on. There is her mom, Joey Sexton, who loves her very much. But for Jayne, that’s where her life, and that of a normal 16-year-old’s, sharply diverge. Jayne, one of a few ...
  • LifeCell to launch menstrual blood banking services soon Wednesday, June 23, 2010 @ 9:42PMThe Chennai-based LifeCell International, a pioneer in stem cell banking services providing and research, technology and therapy, is all set to launch menstrual blood banking service in the country in a couple of months.
  • Market Commentary and Intraday News Tuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 7:58PM(RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market on Tuesday wrote a finish to the nine-day winning streak in which it had collected more than 1,500 points or 8 percent.
  • Helping Kids Fend for Themselves Monday, June 7, 2010 @ 2:20PMBetween rent, cellphones and health insurance, families are finding it harder than ever to stop supporting their adult children financially.
  • Cleveland Cord Blood Center Participates in Ohio Third Frontier Wright Projects Program Award Monday, June 7, 2010 @ 6:32AMread more
  • Cleveland Cord Blood Center Participates in Ohio Third Frontier Wright Projects Program Award Monday, June 7, 2010 @ 6:27AMThe Cleveland Cord Blood Center has just received notice from the Ohio Third Frontier Wright Projects Program that it has been designated in a 3-year $2.1 million award to collaborate with Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic Foundation on the project, "Development of a Quantitative Analysis System for Stem Cells."
  • New York Blood Center Celebrates World Blood Donor Day Monday, June 7, 2010 @ 5:18AMread more
  • New York Blood Center Celebrates World Blood Donor Day Monday, June 7, 2010 @ 5:00AMNEW YORK, June 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New York Blood Center (NYBC) and its divisions serving the 20 million people of New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, and New Jersey thank blood donors everywhere who make the time to give blood, the "gift of life," so that others may live. June 14, recognized as Flag Day in the U.S., is also celebrated globally as World Blood Donor Day. This ...
  • Do we clamp the umbilical cord too soon? Early clamping may interrupt humankind's first 'natural stem cell transplant' Sunday, June 6, 2010 @ 9:22PMThe timing of umbilical cord clamping at birth remains controversial. The cord has been clamped early to facilitate resuscitation and stabilization of infants. Now, a new review paper suggests clamping should be delayed in normal births to tap the physiological benefits of "nature's first stem cell transplant."
  • Local police calls Thursday, June 3, 2010 @ 6:02AMFarmington Hills
  • Donating bone marrow or cord blood Monday, May 31, 2010 @ 10:11PMThousands of patients with leukemia and other lethal diseases need a potentially life-saving bone marrow or cord blood transplant from an unrelated donor. Here's how to donate: Medicine - Health - Medical Specialties - Hematology - Marrow and Cord Blood Registries
  • Health happenings: May 18 Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 4:40PMSend information about free or low-cost health-related events open to the public one week ahead of publication. Information can be e-mailed to jmorreale@bradenton.com. Listings are due 10 days in advance.
  • Watson faces 'big change' on land Thursday, May 13, 2010 @ 5:58PMThe grandfather of teenage sailor Jessica Watson says he is worried how she will cope after being alone at sea for so long.
  • CORD:USE, a Leader in the Cord Blood Banking Field, to Offer Its Prestigious Services to New Parents Tuesday, May 4, 2010 @ 7:00AMCORD:USE Cord Blood Bank, is pleased to announce its plans to open the CORD:USE Family Cord Blood Bank. Â "CORD:USE and its world class team have decided to make available CORD:USE's high-quality cord blood banking services to expectant parents wishing to privately bank their babies' cord blood," said Edward S.
  • The Same Brain Tumor Tissue That Takes Lives Can Be Used To Save Them Tuesday, May 4, 2010 @ 5:00AMCLEARWATER, Fla., May 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Each day in the United States, 482 people are diagnosed with a brain tumor. For these 482 people, not many treatments exist. With the current treatments available, only 5% of those diagnosed with a Glioblastoma Multiform will survive more than 5 years. Only two new treatments have been approved by the FDA in the past two decades. Hope is on the ...
  • Blood Donations Benefit Families Everywhere Monday, May 3, 2010 @ 4:43PMNEW YORK, May 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New York Blood Center (NYBC) and its divisions serving the 20 million people of New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, and New Jersey call upon the community to please donate blood in recognition of Mother's Day and families everywhere who are brought together by lives saved through the selfless gifts given by blood donors. Mother's Day is ...
  • Health happenings: May 4 Monday, May 3, 2010 @ 3:42PMSend information about free or low-cost health-related events open to the public one week ahead of publication. Information can be e-mailed to jmorreale@bradenton.com. Listings are due 10 days in advance.
  • Cord Blood America's CEO Matthew Schissler, in Analyst Interview, Discusses Significantly Increasing Revenues Wednesday, April 21, 2010 @ 5:16AMLAS VEGAS, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cord Blood America, Inc.
  • Cord Blood America's CEO Matthew Schissler, in Analyst Interview, Discusses Significantly Increasing Revenues Wednesday, April 21, 2010 @ 4:00AMCord Blood America, Inc. , the umbilical cord blood stem cell preservation company , is focused on bringing the life saving potential of stem cells, a biological insurance policy, to families nationwide and internationally. Â Its CEO and co-founder, Matthew Schissler, in an interview with analyst Francis Gaskins, said a focus this year is top-line revenue growth.
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  • Cord Blood America to Provide Placentas for Transplantation Tuesday, April 20, 2010 @ 12:25PMCord Blood America, Inc. , the umbilical cord blood stem cell preservation company focused on bringing the life saving potential of stem cells, a biological insurance policy, to families nationwide and internationally, announced today that it has signed a Definitive Supplier Agreement with a well-respected, accredited, tissue bank providing placenta collection services for therapeutic ...
  • Health happenings: April 20 Monday, April 19, 2010 @ 5:55PMSend information about free or low-cost health-related events open to the public one week ahead of publication. Information can be e-mailed to jmorreale@bradenton.com. Listings are due 10 days in advance.
  • EuroTrash Thursday! Thursday, April 15, 2010 @ 7:27AMBrabantse Pijl Stand up and cheer, Belgium. You have a winner! Thanks to Sébastien Rosseler, Team Radio Shack have been able to show that they are more than just a team of Tour riders with a focus on July, after the Belgian won yesterday's Brabantse Pijl (or Fleche Brabançonne in French).
  • Too Many Deaths: Millions Of Women In Childbirth, Newborns And Young Children Thursday, April 15, 2010 @ 5:47AMWidespread global use of known and proven maternal and childcare techniques, practices, and therapies could save the lives of millions of women, newborns and children each year, according to a new analysis prepared for a mid-April meeting of world leaders and technical experts on maternal and child health. The meeting is being held to focus attention on this toll and develop a plan of action to ...
  • Vietnamese scientist shares stem cell technology with neighbors Monday, April 5, 2010 @ 12:20PMVietNamNet Bridge – Dr. Phan Toan Thang, a Vietnamese lecturer at the National University of Singapore, has transferred his umbilical cord membrane stem cell technology to two companies in Hong Kong and Taiwan.