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http://bloodbanker.com/cord Aritcles and news items on Cord blood banking Thu, 22 May 2008 06:00:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey Everyone, New to Cord Blood Banking and want to here how the process works... Cord Blood Donation Process Explained Otherwise...I found some pretty cool info on this dude Eric Drew. His story is quite remarkable. The basics are that he got a cord blood transplant when he had leukemia ... http://bloodbanker.com/cord/info/eric-drewa-story-of-cord-blood-saving-a-leukemia-patient So below is a great interview regarding sports stars saving their stem cells for future use....what sorts of use. Well for themself or offspring in fixing genetic disesases and such. Very interesting use of technology that has only been really used for newborns. In medicine it's liquid gold and ... http://bloodbanker.com/cord/info/football-players-storing-cord-blood-for-future-use So here is the big deal, cord blood banking is having some real opposition from this President Bush Guy, I mean the guy is like veto-ing science and research for the sake of his cronies, I'm not sure why so many people are going with this, but progress is ... http://bloodbanker.com/cord/info/cord-blood-banking-future-is-being-railroaded-by-bs Okay so check this out, the US Senate has passed a bill loosening restrictions on embryonic stem cell research by a vote of 63 to 37. Which is really awesome for everyone involved with cord bloood banking and stem cell research...BUT President Bush is sure block it with ... http://bloodbanker.com/cord/info/stem-cell-research-and-cord-blood-banking-at-a-major-crossroads Cord blood is the blood found in the umbilical cord after a baby is born. It is becoming increasingly popular to bank this cord blood. The reason? The umbilical cord blood contains stem cells. What are stem cells and why could they be important to the future health of your baby? Stem cells from cord ... http://bloodbanker.com/cord/info/what-is-cord-blood-and-can-it-help-your-baby We all know that blood saves lives, and most of us are familiar with the importance of donating blood when and if we can. As medical science has progressed, however, the ways in which blood can be donated, and even the types of blood it is possible to share, have increased, bringing with them ... http://bloodbanker.com/cord/info/blood-cord-investing-in-your-babys-future Hi, I would like to welcome all of you to the Cord Blood Banking Community website for the latest news and articles. This site was made to give the average internet user and researcher some quality information on this new area. The whole idea of saving a baby's umbilical ... http://bloodbanker.com/cord/info/welcome-to-the-community New technology exists to treat leukaemia patients with stem cell technology using cord blood. The problem is that it's hard to find a bone marrow match for these patients. But this problem is starting to get fixed by using the blood from a newborn baby. Also known as ... http://bloodbanker.com/cord/info/stem-cells-offers-leukaemia-patients-hope What is the big difference of a stem cell from the embryo versus the umbilical cord blood from a newborn? This is the debate that rages on. Here we will layout the differences in the hopes of bringing some clarity to this. Embryonic Stem Cells As their title suggests, they are ... http://bloodbanker.com/cord/info/embryonic-vs-cord-blood-stem-cells It is surprising that a metropolitan area like Houston only has two clinics, plus one at Baylor University (see the Dallas listings for information on Baylor's program). The clinics offer straightforward infertility services, and make no comments about whether they serve gay and lesbian couples wishing to become parents. Baylor College of ... http://bloodbanker.com/cord/info/baylor-college-of-medicine