Cord Blood

Because cord blood present within a newborn’s umbilical is rich with stem cells, it can be collected and stored for future medical use.

New York Blood Center Enterprises and Human Life CORD Sign Letter of Intent to Expand Manufacturing Collaboration for Umbilical Cord -Derived MSCs

March 25, 2025 By Cade Hildreth, Founder & President 1 Comment

Summary: New York Blood Center Enterprises (NYBCe) and Human Life CORD Japan Inc. have signed a Letter of Intent to expand their partnership in manufacturing mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) through NYBCe’s Comprehensive Cell Solutions (CCS). This collaboration aims to standardize and scale the production of umbilical cord-derived MSCs, enhancing global supply chain reliability and advancing regenerative medicine. By combining U.S. and Japanese capabilities, the partnership seeks to accelerate clinical and commercial development, making advanced cell therapies more accessible worldwide.

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Garuda Therapeutics Closes $50 Million Series A-1 Financing to Advance Off-the-Shelf Blood Stem Cell Therapies

March 13, 2025 By BioInformant Team Leave a Comment

New funding will accelerate Garuda’s rapid growth and fund development of off-the-shelf hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) therapies for a multitude of severe and life-threatening diseases

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 04, 2025 — Garuda Therapeutics (Garuda), a biotechnology company creating off-the-shelf, HSC therapies for a multitude of blood disorders, today announced the successful completion of an approximately $50 million Series A-1 funding round. Investors included OrbiMed, Northpond Ventures and Cormorant Asset Management, with new strategic investment from Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd., a Japan-based Global Specialty Pharmaceutical Company. [Read more…]

Coeptis Therapeutics to Pursue Phase 2 Program Using Allogeneic Cord-Blood Derived NK Cell Therapy

March 13, 2025 By Cade Hildreth, Founder & President Leave a Comment

Novel NK cell therapy approach is designed to bolster and replenish the immune system during severe viral infection, which can severely reduce immune cells leading to hospitalization and death

DVX201 is the world’s first-ever allogeneic, cord-blood derived NK cell therapy generated from pooled donor CD34+ hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC) cells.

WEXFORD, PA, Feb 7, 2024 — Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: COEP) (the “Company” or “Coeptis”), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cell therapy platforms for cancer and infectious diseases, announced plans to pursue DVX201, its proprietary allogeneic stem cell expansion and directed differentiation platform of unmodified natural killer (NK) cell therapy, as an antiviral treatment addressing various respiratory viral infections that lead to hospitalization, including the “tripledemic” of influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). [Read more…]

VectorBuilder Powers FDA IND Approval of World’s First Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Allogeneic CAR-T Product

February 5, 2025 By Cade Hildreth, Founder & President Leave a Comment

CHICAGO, IL, January 11, 2025 — VectorBuilder’s partner, Ucello, announced that its CD19-targeting umbilical cord blood-derived allogeneic CAR-T cell therapy, UC101, received Investigational New Drug (IND) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on January 11, 2025. VectorBuilder has provided highly customized end-to-end CDMO solutions to support this clinical pipeline. [Read more…]

7 Important Trends Shaping the Future of Nursing Careers

January 26, 2025 By Cade Hildreth, Founder & President Leave a Comment

As the healthcare landscape continues to evolve, nursing careers are experiencing profound changes. Innovative technology, shifting patient demographics, and new healthcare models are all contributing to the transformation of this once-stalwart profession. Nurses today are tasked with providing direct patient care and increasingly taking on roles in leadership, research, and advocacy. As we look into the future, several key trends are expected to define nursing careers, influencing everything from job opportunities to the necessary skill sets. [Read more…]