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• Cord Blood Banks are Not Stem Cell Clinics

  A recent story filed by Agence France-Presse (AFP), a Paris-based news service, offered a very misleading perspective on the current state of cord blood banking as well as the legitimate medical use of cord blood stem cells. In essence, the reporter failed... Posted Feb 23, 2010 Tags: cord blood, umbilical cord blood, newborn stem cells, CBR, clinical trials, FDA Approved, Stem Cell Clinics, Dr. Weissman, AFP, AAAS

• New Initiative Provides Safety Net to Infants Born At-Risk for Brain Injury While Helping To Advance Cord Blood Stem Cell Clinical Research

  CBR is launching a new program in collaboration with a select group of leading U.S. medical institutions that will enable children born at risk for brain injuries to participate in new medical research using their own cord blood stem cells. The program... Posted Feb 22, 2010 Tags: cord blood, umbilical cord blood, newborn stem cells, clinical trials, stem cell, Cerebral Palsy, tramatic brain injury, FDA Approved, Tucson Medical Center, Save the Cord Foundation, Watching Over Mothers and Babies Foundation

• What’s on your mind?

  As the Stem Cell Source blog closes in on its sixth month, we want to take the opportunity to see if we are writing about the issues that matter to you. So what questions do you have? Do you want to know more about public policy, advances in cord blood... Posted Aug 19, 2009 Tags: cord blood, stem cells, family banking, umbilical cord blood, cord blood banking, clinical trials, public policy