In August 2014, CarePilot USA, based in Newport Beach, California, announced a collaboration with the “Cord for Life” storage program offered by Lifeforce Cryobanks, a company based in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Through this partnership, CarePilot is now offering significant discounts on the collection, processing, and storage of newborn umbilical cord blood. Specifically, CarePilot is offering two, six, and 21-year storage plans at major discounts relative to the market rates offered by the “Cord for Life” program. [Read more…]
Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSCs)
Top 5 Stem Cell Influencers on Twitter
Do You Know the Top 5 Stem Cell Influencers on Twitter?
Twitter is one of the most widely used social media platforms that exists. There are now 316 million monthly active users and 500 million Tweets sent per day, according to Twitter’s company statistics. In fact, every single minute of the day, there are nearly 350,000 Tweets posted to Twitter. Importantly, it is now one of the 9th most most visited website in the world, according to Alexa, an Amazon company that ranks relative traffic for websites. Within the United States, Twitter is the 8th most visited website, an absolutely incredible feat. [Read more…]
Epic Year for Regenerative Medicine Investments
In the past twelve months, regenerative medicine investments gained momentum, as new and promising clinical data got released. The momentum has been growing in recent years, enabling the cell therapy and genome editing sectors to evolve into a global industry.
July is National Cord Blood Awareness Month
July is National Cord Blood Awareness Month. It is a time during which the importance of cord blood and tissue stem cells is celebrated. Importantly, hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) from cord blood can now be used to treat more than 80 diseases and conditions. Mesenchymal stem cells present in cord tissue are also being explored in a wide range of clinical trials.
Cord Blood Awareness
There are three primary categories of people who need to increase their awareness about the importance of cord blood stem cells. These categories include:
- Expectant (pregnant) parents
- Extended support networks for parents, including brothers, sisters, grandparents, aunts, uncles and friends
- Medical practitioners, including nurses and Ob/Gyns
3 Eerie Similarities between the Acquisition of Cord Blood Registry® (CBR) and ViaCord
Cord Blood Registry® (CBR) recently made headlines by announcing that it had entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by AMAG Pharmaceuticals for $700M. While the announcement was new, there were aspects of the deal that seemed eerily familiar.
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