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AABB and FACT Recommended as National Cord Blood Inventory Accrediting Organizations - AABB and FACT Recommended by Advisory Council to Be Recognized as National Cord Blood Inventory Accrediting Organizations

Doctors treat teenagers heart with stem cells - In the first procedure of its kind in the world, Michigan doctors said Wednesday they have treated a teenage boy who suffered a heart attack with stem cells in hopes of repairing his damaged heart.

AABB program receives international accreditation by AABB Accreditor of Accrediting Bodies - AABB's Accreditation Program has been accredited by the International Society for Quality in Health Care, making it the third organization in North America to earn this recognition.

Banking a little piece of mind - Chantal Wong still remembers seeing the email at work. A colleague was seeking potential bone marrow donors for their sick child. What made their case especially challenging was the parents were of different races, making it particularly difficult to find a matching donor.

Lifebank welcomes the “10,000” cord blood stem cell deposit - Lifebank CEO Ernest Stacey offered his congratulations to the Wong family of Vancouver as their stem cell deposit was registered as number ‘10,000’...

Cord Blood Transplantation in the Treatment of a Child With Leukemia - She underwent myeloablative chemotherapy and radiation therapy followed by infusion of her own umbilical cord blood, which the parents had saved after her delivery. She is now doing well and is in complete remission 20 months after cord blood transplantation.

New use of cord blood to treat childhood leukemia: study - A three-year-old leukemia victim was given a life-saving infusion of her own cord blood, marking the first time a child with this disease served as their own blood donor, American doctors said.

Celebral Palsy - Amazing recovery attributed to cord blood: Toddler diagnosed with cerebral palsy shows remarkable improvement. Dallas Hextell, a 2-year-old son of the Sacramento, Calif., was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, but is now showing fewer signs of the disorder and marked improvement after an infusion of his own stem cells made possible by the preservation of his own cord blood shortly before birth.

How a baby helped save his big brother's life - The stem cells in Joseph Kim's umbilical cord blood were retrieved by doctors and infused into his then-five-year-old brother who was suffering from a rare bone marrow disease  When Coquitlam toddler Joseph Kim gets a little older, he'll hear all about how his heroic birth -- and especially the contents of his umbilical cord -- helped save his older brother Daniel's life.

Life-saving cord blood bonds mother, daughter - In a case that could make the medical history books, a newborn daughter’s umbilical cord has helped save her mother’s life.

Stems cells are thought of as the Holy Grail of medicine - Stems cells are thought of as the Holy Grail of medicine  One young boy agrees with that. He made medical history because he’s been cured of his life-threatening disease. The key to his cure came from something that is routinely tossed in the garbage – an umbilical cord. Umbilical cords were always considered medical waste. Not anymore.

Stem Cells Like Gold for Baby with Cancer - Using blood that had been drawn from Jesse's umbilical cord at birth, doctors were able to replace his bone marrow -- which had been battered by a dangerously high dose of cancer-fighting chemotherapy -- with the baby's own healthy stem cells.