http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cordblood/ en-us Sun, 1 Feb 2009 05:58:56 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2176065/posts After birth, the umbilical cord and placenta are usually discarded as waste. But, the umbilical cord holds something extremely precious—stem cells. These stem cells have become standard therapy for serious diseases such as leukemia, multiple myeloma, and other immune system diseases (1). These stem cells are valuable because of their ability to develop into almost any type of cell in the body. Parents have two cord blood banking options. The first option is preserving your child’s stem cells in a private bank so the cells are available for the family’s personal use. The initial fees range between $1000-$3000. There are... Chicago Parenting Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2176065/posts#comment Sun, 1 Feb 2009 05:58:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2145125/posts Stephen Sprague was supposed to die 11 years ago. Cynthia Dorsey playing with her son, Caleb, at a recent reunion of stem cell transplant recipients treated in Hackensack. The leukemia patient was preparing for the end when he signed up for a medical experiment. He became one of the first adults in the U.S. to receive a transplant of stem cells from a newborn’s umbilical cord. He was cured. Wendy Favorito received a second chance at life when she had a transplant of her sister’s stem cells. Cynthia Dorsey is alive — and has a baby boy — also thanks... northjersey.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2145125/posts#comment Mon, 8 Dec 2008 22:26:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031073/posts MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. — When 9-year-old Kacie Sallee saw her father's face more clearly for the first time in her life, she had a question. "She said, 'Is that what he looks like?'" said her mother, Marinda Sallee. Kacie, who is blind, returned last week from China, where she received umbilical-cord stem cell treatment in hopes of improving her eyesight. The nearly four-week trip and medical treatment was paid through $60,000 in local donations. Kacie was born with septo-optic dysplasia, an underdevelopment of the optic nerve and pituitary gland. She could see bright colors out of her right eye but... The Cabin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031073/posts#comment Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:46:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004951/posts Dallas Hextell was already a miracle to parents Cynthia and Derak, after they spent three years trying to get pregnant. But now he is looking like a medical miracle to the rest of the world. The 2-year-old son of the Sacramento, Calif., couple was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, but is now showing fewer signs of the disorder and marked improvement after an infusion of his own stem cells — made possible by the preservation of his own cord blood shortly before birth. Derak Hextell now believes his son will be cured of the incurable malady. “[Dallas’ doctors] said by the... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004951/posts#comment Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:30:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948869/posts (BEIJING) — They're paralyzed from diving accidents and car crashes, disabled by Parkinson's, or blind. With few options available at home in America, they search the Internet for experimental treatments — and often land on Web sites promoting stem cell treatments in China. They mortgage their houses and their hometowns hold fundraisers as they scrape together the tens of thousands of dollars needed for travel and the hope for a miracle cure. A number of these medical tourists claim some success when they return home: Jim Savage, a Houston man with paralysis from a spinal cord injury, says he can... The Associated Press / Google News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948869/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jan 2008 20:12:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1797776/posts HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists are preparing for a large clinical trial in 2008 which aims to use stem cells to help 400 patients with spinal cord injuries in Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan grow new cells and nerve fibers. Stem cells from umbilical cord blood will be injected into the spinal cords of the participants, who will also be given lithium to help stimulate cell regeneration, said Wise Young, a leading neuroscientist and spinal cord injury researcher. "What we'd like to do is study a broad range of patients, not just (those with) complete (spinal cord injuries)," said... Scientific American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1797776/posts#comment Fri, 9 Mar 2007 02:38:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944643/posts On August 9, 2001, President Bush announced a compromise decision on the contentious question of whether the federal government should provide financial support for research into the curative properties of human stem cells extracted from embryos. Bush’s compromise allowed funding for research into embryonic stem cells that had already been harvested. At the same time, he disallowed funding for procedures that would collect stem cells from frozen (but still living) embryos, since doing so would require their destruction. In the case of those already collected, he said, “The life-or-death decision has already been made.” But that life-or-death decision would not... Commentary Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944643/posts#comment Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:09:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1905227/posts Stem cells have been isolated successfully from the equine umbilical cord. Once collected, these cells (referred to as umbilical cord matrix cells) can then be preserved frozen, cultured, and differentiated into a host of cell lines, including bone, cartilage, fat, and those of the nervous system. Currently, stem cells are obtained from either fat or bone marrow of adult horses and are employed in equine medicine to treat traumatic and degenerative diseases such as bowed tendons, ligament injuries, osteoarthritis, and osteochondral defects (such as osteochondrosis or bone cysts). "Studies demonstrate that stem cells help tissues regenerate, rather than repair by... theh horse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1905227/posts#comment Tue, 2 Oct 2007 05:02:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858696/posts CHICAGO, June 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new US study offers insights into the way stem cells from umbilical cord blood can be used to successfully treat diabetes. Researchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine studied twenty children aged between two and seven with type 1 diabetes, seven of whom were injected with cord blood cells. The researchers concluded that the study suggests that the cells “jump-start” and correct the patient’s own immune system. "This is the first attempt at using cord blood as a potential therapy for type 1 diabetes. We hope these cells can either lessen... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858696/posts#comment Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:29:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1877962/posts Donate Cord Blood. Share Life. Before your baby is born, the umbilical cord is a lifeline. After birth, that lifeline can provide hope to patients with leukemia, lymphoma or other diseases.  After delivery, the umbilical cord and placenta are no longer needed and are often discarded. But the blood remaining in the umbilical cord and placenta is rich with blood-forming cells. These healthy blood-forming cells can be collected and stored so they can be used by a patient who needs them. Donate cord blood and share life. Get information to help you make an informed decision Cord blood is... National Marrow Donor Program http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1877962/posts#comment Wed, 8 Aug 2007 04:20:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1876545/posts AMERICAN FORK — Many travelers to foreign countries have goals to see new sights and try exotic foods. Travis Ashton Travis Ashton's goal was a bit loftier — to receive stem-cell treatments at a hospital in China to help recover from a brain injury he suffered in a car accident seven years ago. Travis, 18, and his parents traveled to Hangzhou, China, in June for a five-week stay at the Beike Biotechnology Clinic where Travis was to receive four stem-cell treatments. He received six. "We had planned on four, and he ended up having two more," said Missy Ashton, Travis'... Desert News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1876545/posts#comment Sun, 5 Aug 2007 04:00:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1876134/posts Nearly two months after undergoing a transplant designed to infuse her body with healthy blood and defeat leukemia, a 13-month-old Simi Valley girl remains in isolation in a Los Angeles hospital. Hailey Joy Kent, who received stem cells from a donor's umbilical cord on May 30, is still on a battery of medications as doctors monitor a blood count that fluctuates day to day. She's playing with her favorite rattles and seems mostly happy but faces a long list of challenges, like relearning how to eat. "Considering what she's been through so far, she's doing all right," said Maria Kent,... VenturaCountyStar http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1876134/posts#comment Sat, 4 Aug 2007 01:38:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1876081/posts PARK CITY - Belly down on her parents' living room floor, Dena Brehm Gennerman cries as she props herself up on her elbows. The 39-year-old, who suffered a traumatic brain injury two years ago, could be in pain, though it's hard for parents Bob and Eva Brehm to say. Except for a couple of simple hand signs - fist up or down for "yes" or "no" - what Dena thinks or feels is largely a mystery to her family. Pained by his daughter's sobs as she endures her morning physical therapy with certified nursing assistant Chris Mrdutt, Bob Brehm sometimes... The Salt Lake Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1876081/posts#comment Fri, 3 Aug 2007 23:51:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1290249/posts SEOUL (AFP) - A South Korean woman paralyzed for 20 years is walking again after scientists say they repaired her damaged spine using stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood. Hwang Mi-Soon, 37, had been bedridden since damaging her back in an accident two decades ago. Last week her eyes glistened with tears as she walked again with the help of a walking frame at a press conference where South Korea (news - web sites) researchers went public for the first time with the results of their stem-cell therapy. Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1290249/posts#comment Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:00:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1869437/posts Ethical Stem Cell Research Gets New Blood with US House Funding Bill Funding must pass Senate first By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., July 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Ethical stem-cell research received a funding boost from the US House of Representatives on Thursday after it passed an appropriations bill allotting $15 million to the National Cord Blood Inventory (NCBI) program. The House voted Thursday 276-140 to pass the Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Bill (H.R. 3043) for fiscal year 2008, which included the funding that will be put toward the NCBI to collect cord blood. Stem cells derived from... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1869437/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:06:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851535/posts HOMEARCHIVEBACKGROUNDERSQUICK PICKSABOUT USCONTACT US Comment (2) | Email | Michael Cook | Saturday, 16 June 2007 Is therapeutic cloning obsolete? After years of urging the public and governments to support the destruction of embryos, scientists may have led them up a blind alley. Next week the international grandees of therapeutic cloning gather in Cairns, Australia, the sun-soaked gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, for their annual conference. They have serious strategic issues to deal with along with their scientific papers and posters: persuading governments to open their wallets, ensuring that the Bush Administrations restrictions on their work are lifted,... MERCATOR.NET http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851535/posts#comment Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:09:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839899/posts In a fundamental discovery that someday may help cure type 1 diabetes by allowing people to grow their own insulin-producing cells for a damaged or defective pancreas, medical researchers here have reported that they have engineered adult stem cells derived from human umbilical cord blood to produce insulin. The researchers announced their laboratory finding, which caps nearly four years of research, in the June 2007 issue of the medical journal Cell Proliferation, posted online this week. Their paper calls it "the first demonstration that human umbilical cord blood-derived stem cells can be engineered" to synthesize insulin. "This discovery tells us... EurekAlert! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839899/posts#comment Fri, 25 May 2007 21:47:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1831711/posts Cord Blood Registry® (CBR®), the world’s largest and most experienced cord blood stem cell bank, today announced that it has released a total of five stem cell samples in the first quarter of the year for transplant or infusion. Three of the cases are individuals who will require their own cord blood stem cells for autologous infusions for cerebral palsy, type I diabetes, and a rare autoimmune disorder related to autism. The additional two samples were released for use by a sibling in each family: one to treat acute myeloid leukemia and the other to treat a serious blood disease,... Businesswire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1831711/posts#comment Fri, 11 May 2007 02:14:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1831695/posts Oxford scientists have revealed a link between a gene and the activity of human blood stem cells, giving hope that stem cell transplant success for blood cancer patients may be significantly improved. Dr Rajeev Gupta, a Leukaemia Research-funded consultant haematologist, has uncovered that the gene Nephroblastoma Overexpressed ( Nov ) plays a key role in regulating the production of blood from stem cells. The work, which was carried out in the MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, is published in the journal Science. Stem cells are vital for normal blood production and are used in transplants in patients with leukaemia and other... News Medical http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1831695/posts#comment Fri, 11 May 2007 02:00:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1797788/posts A Livingston hospital has launched what is believed to be the country's first formal program devoted to encouraging expectant families to bank both placental and umbilical cord stem cells. Officials at St. Barnabas Medical Center, where the most New Jersey babies are born each year, said yesterday they have established the program with LifebankUSA of Cedar Knolls, a division of Celgene, a Summit biotechnology company. "We felt the research of the Celgene scientists held such promise that it would be worth it for our patients to know about it," said Richard Miller, who chairs the department of obstetrics and gynecology... Star Ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1797788/posts#comment Fri, 9 Mar 2007 02:57:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1795233/posts In less than a week, a little girl from East Troy with a rare genetic condition will get on a plane with her mother, aunt and cousin and head to China to receive more than 60 million stem cells. Brooke Barels, 9, suffers from Glucose Transporter Deficiency, a condition caused by a genetic mutation of the gene that processes glucose from food into fuel for her body. As a result, Brooke suffers from cerebral palsy-like symptoms and cannot function like normal children.  She's the 83rd person in the world diagnosed with GLUT-1, as it's better known. She'll be the first... GazetteExtra http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1795233/posts#comment Mon, 5 Mar 2007 01:26:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1777819/posts Close window Published online: 1 February 2007; | doi:10.1038/news070129-11 Virgin invests in stem cellsMultifaceted company gets into healthcare for the future.Matt Brown Virgin births: Richard Branson launches the first dual - public and private - umbilical cord stem cell bank.Clara Molden/PA/EMPICS Richard Branson, more famous for investing in planes, trains and music through Virgin Group, today announced his first foray into healthcare. Virgin Health Bank, a collaboration with London-based investment company Merlin Biosciences, will store blood stem cells from umbilical cord tissue for the treatment of blood diseases. In a departure from existing commercial cord stem-cell banks, the sample... news@nature.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1777819/posts#comment Fri, 2 Feb 2007 05:32:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1763380/posts A three-year-old leukemia victim was given a life-saving infusion of her own cord blood, marking the first time a child with this disease served as their own blood donor, American doctors said. The little girl is now a thriving six-year-old six -- a tribute, say her doctors, to the pioneering transplant that helped her recover from radical chemotherapy. They also commended the foresight of her parents who decided to save some of her umbilical cord on the off chance it might be needed later. "There's a good chance the procedure saved her life. She is in remission and has an... AFP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1763380/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jan 2007 15:54:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1736814/posts Written by Administrator Friday, 10 November 2006 Democrats for Life of America Protecting Life. Strengthening. Re-Building. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Kristen Day November 8, 2006 202-220-3066 Pro-Life Democrats Critical in Retaking the House Pro-life Democrats to move to leadership positions WASHINGTON, DC – Democrats For Life of America applauded the Democratic leadership today for recruiting pro-life Democrats to run for key Congressional races in this week’s history making elections. “Right after John Kerry’s loss in 2004, the Democratic Party finally started talking about including pro-life Democrats in the big tent of the Democratic Party. They put their money where... Democrats for Life http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1736814/posts#comment Sat, 11 Nov 2006 13:28:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1736088/posts Discovery step toward developing treatment for various lung diseasesResearchers at the University of Minnesota have, for the first time, coaxed umbilical cord blood stem cells to differentiate into a type of lung cell.  The cord blood cells differentiated into a type of lung cell called type II alveolar cells. These cells are responsible for secreting surfactant, a substance which allows the air sacs in the lungs to remain open, allowing air to move in and out of the sacs. The cells are also responsible for helping to repair the airway after injury.  "In the future, we may be able to... EurekAlert http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1736088/posts#comment Fri, 10 Nov 2006 05:46:53 GMT