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 | Aug 30, 2006 | Stem Cell - Definitions / History / Statistics
It has been repeated so often that it is now a mantra: “Embryonic stem cells offer the most promise for finding cures for degenerative diseases and conditions such as Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injury”. But saying something ten thousand times...
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 | Jan 9, 2006 | Stem Cell - Archive
Research of Korean Embryonic Stem Cell Scientist Declared “Intentionally Fabricated” Adult Stem Cell Research Discovery May Change Entire Debate U.S. Congress Passes $300 Million+ Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Bill – President Bush Signs It 20Dec05...
by APFLI | Dec 23, 2005 | Regenerative Medicine
From Family Research Council and www.stemcellresearch.org: Touted ESCR Heart Studies—Mixed Results in Animals: 2004 Doctors at the Mayo Clinic transformed embryonic stem cells into fully functional cardiac cells and transplanted them into damaged regions of the hearts...