by APFLI | Aug 14, 2015 | Abortion - Archive, Responses - Stem Cell Collection, Acquisition & Research, Stem Cell Research & Cloning, Vaccines
[Comment: Although the mainstream media continues to downplay or ignore the issue, the defense of using aborted babies’ body parts is unraveling. N. Valko RN, 16 Aug 2015] Scientists Say Aborted Babies are “Essential for Research,” Yet No One Has Ever Been Cured With...
by APFLI | Jan 14, 2008 | Responses - Stem Cell Collection, Acquisition & Research
Tremendous growth credited to medical advances in Umbilical Cord Blood and global partnerships: NMDP Celebrates 30,000 Transplants Minneapolis — December 11, 2007 The number of patients receiving a bone marrow or cord blood transplant through the National Marrow...
by APFLI | Jul 14, 2007 | Responses - Stem Cell Collection, Acquisition & Research
In 1988, physicians performed the first umbilical cord blood transplant on a 6-year-old boy with Fanconi anemia using a cord blood unit from an HLA-matched sibling. The success of this and subsequent cord blood transplants led to the establishment of cord blood banks...
by APFLI | Dec 15, 2006 | Responses - Stem Cell Collection, Acquisition & Research
The saving of the umbilical cord blood and the cryopreservation of the stem cells that are abundant in the cord blood represents one of the greatest recycling programs in the history of mankind. In the past, the umbilical cord blood/placenta blood was considered...
by APFLI | Dec 13, 2006 | Responses - Stem Cell Collection, Acquisition & Research
Foundation Continues Pursuit Of Ethical Stem Cell Use…Babies for Life Foundation…(BFL- www.babiesforlife.org) collects donations of this “diamond” mine of stem cell–rich umbilical cord blood, linking new mothers, researchers and patients...
by APFLI | Aug 30, 2006 | Responses - Stem Cell Collection, Acquisition & Research
http://www.marrow.org/DONOR/index.html#cb Are you interested in donating your baby’s umbilical cord blood? Any woman who is at least 18 years old (16 in some locations), is in good general health and lives in a community where cord blood donation is available...
by APFLI | Feb 2, 2006 | Responses - Stem Cell Collection, Acquisition & Research
BENEFITS OF PUBLIC / PRIVATE UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANKS. When an infant is born, blood from the umbilical cord that would otherwise be discarded contains stem cells that can be frozen and stored, and those cells can be used later for stem cell transplants to treat...
by APFLI | Oct 12, 2004 | Responses - Stem Cell Collection, Acquisition & Research
In their first moments after birth, babies across Illinois are making a donation that could save the life of another child or adult. A new law that took effect in 1/04 makes Illinois the first state to routinely ask pregnant women if they would like to donate the...
by APFLI | Mar 11, 2004 | Responses - Stem Cell Collection, Acquisition & Research
Ethical Provision Of Stem Cells Bank a New Baby’s Life-Saving Cord Blood – less than 100cc of frozen blood taken from the umbilical cord of a newborn baby contains the stem cells that could not only save the life of the baby during his lifetime, but...
