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• Study Shows Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Human Umbilical Cord Blood Protect Mice Brains After Trauma

  A study published in the November 2011 issue of Critical Care Medicine demonstrated that Posted Apr 20, 2012 Tags: cord blood banking, brain injury, Cerebral Palsy, traumatic brain injury, cord blood stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, MSCs

• Cord Tissue Basics

  CBR’s Content Scientist for Scientific and Medical Affairs, Kate Brown, Ph.D., joins us today to provide expert answers about cord tissue banking. But first, a question for our readers: did you know CBR was the first bank to offer cord tissue banking to U.S. clients... Posted Dec 16, 2011 Tags: cord blood, family banking, umbilical cord blood, CBR, cord blood stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, MSCs, ScienceandResearch, InsideCBR, cord tissue, cord tissue stem cells, Kate Brown

• New Study First in North America to Use Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells in MS Therapy

  A recently launched Phase 1 trial at the Cleveland Clinic conducted in collaboration with Case Western Reserve University is the first North American clinical trial to test adult mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) transplantation as a new therapy for Multiple Sclerosis (MS).  MSCs are found in bone marrow and Posted Oct 20, 2011 Tags: cord blood, stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, MSCs, ScienceandResearch, Cleveland Clinic, cord tissue stem cells, Dr. Jeffrey Cohen

• Cord Tissue Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Humans Shows Positive Results

  The first reported human clinical application of umbilical cord tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs) was recently published in Transplantation.(1) The study found that the use of cord tissue MSCs was feasible, safe and effective in treating patients with graft versus host disease (GvHD), which is a serious and potentially fatal complication of stem cell... Posted Oct 05, 2011 Tags: cord blood, CBR, stem cell, mesenchymal stem cells, transplantation, ScienceandResearch, GvHD, cord tissue

• Designated Treatment Program® For Families in Need

  The birth of a baby is the start of a new life, but it can also be a life-saving opportunity for families with an existing medical need. As a public service, CBR provides the Designated Treatment Program to families wishing to store their newborns... Posted Sep 15, 2011 Tags: cord blood, Designated Treatment Program, umbilical cord blood, Cord Blood Regsitry, CBR, stem cell, mesenchymal stem cells, DTP

• CBR’s New Collection System Saves More Newborn Stem Cells for More Therapeutic Uses

  CBR today announced the launch of two industry-leading innovations rolled into one: a new stem cell collection system that preserves a greater number and broader diversity of newborn stem cells... Posted Mar 01, 2010 Tags: cord blood, umbilical cord blood, CBR, stem cell, mesenchymal stem cells, MSCs, umbilical cord tissue, cord blood collection system, ScienceandResearch, InsideCBR, NewsandUpdates

• Not a Cloud in Sight: Stem Cells and Cornea Repair

  Major news outlets recently reported research demonstrating that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), a specific type of stem cell with unique properties, restored transparency to the cloudy corneas of laboratory mice.  The data, presented by researchers during the American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting in December 2009, suggests that transplantation of umbilical... Posted Feb 25, 2010 Tags: cord blood, regenerative medicine, newborn stem cells, cord blood banking, cord blood stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, MSCs, eye repair, cornea, U.S. News and World Report, ScienceandResearch

• Can Newborn Stem Cells from the Umbilical Cord Help Tiny Lungs Breathe?

  In a recent blog post, we discussed mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), a particular type of stem cell with several unique characteristics that make them of particular interest to researchers who are exploring their potential... Posted Jan 28, 2010 Tags: cord blood, stem cells, stem cell, Cell Transplantation, mesenchymal stem cells, MSC, respiratory problems, BPD, lung disease, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, premature birth, lung disease in infants, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, MSCs, ScienceandResearch

• More Heartening News for Cardiac Patients: Specific Type of Stem Cell Helps Repair Heart Damage

  Imagine if stem cell therapy could be widely used not only to manage the insult caused by a heart attack, but to reverse the damage and repair the heart.  That day might not be too far off in the future according to a recent human clinical study of 53 heart attack patients published in the Journal of the American College... Posted Jan 07, 2010 Tags: cord blood, stem cell, heart damage, mesenchymal stem cells, Joshua Hare, MSC, ScienceandResearch