The FDA made history in April with its first-ever approval of an expanded cord blood product for use as a primary treatment in hematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT) for certain blood cancers in adults and children 12 years of age and older.1 Why is cord...
Last year was a busy one for our group’s newborn stem cell labs and storage facilities in North America. A steady stream of families contacted our team, requesting the release of their stored newborn stem cell samples for use in stem cell transplant procedures or...
Robin Roberts, co-anchor of ABC’s “Good Morning America,” recently shared the story of a fellow cancer survivor,¹ Kirsten Riemer. While both Robin and Kirsten can trace their successful treatments to a stem cell transplant, there’s a big difference in their stories....
Share this article : “Wait! Wait! Wait! I have something for you.” What that nurse at the ultrasound center had for expecting mom Jessica Fox was a CBR®, our American sister company’s brochure. Just weeks after learning she was pregnant with their first child,...
Share this article : Kody and Danielle Chase were devastated to learn that their seemingly perfectly healthy newborn son, Eli, had been diagnosed with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome (SCID). Born without an immune system, Eli had no way of fighting off...
