A few weeks ago, we wrote about a federal bill to educate expectant parents about cord blood banking. Ohio is not even waiting for the federal government to consider it, the state is in the process of passing its own legislation. Cord blood banking is an important opportunity for expectant parents and it is beneficial …
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CTV recently ran a story about a young Canadian boy, Lucas Blake, who is searching for a stem cell match. Lucas is suffering from Fanconi anemia, an inherited disorder where the patient’s bone marrow is unable to manufacture new blood cells. His father is Jamaican and his mother is Portuguese, making a mixed race match …
Continue ReadingArticle Explains Stem Cell Research
Popular Science recently published an in-depth article on stem cell research and some of the treatments that scientists are exploring with stem cells. While a large part of the article is dedicated to embryonic stem cells, the writer includes quite a bit of information on cord blood stem cells as well. It is a great …
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