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Mother Takes Stem Cell Plea to House of Lords
Christian Today – 17 April 2007
The mother of a seriously ill three-year-old suffering from leukaemia will travel to Westminster to appeal to members of the House of Lords to do more to save cord blood for the treatment of life-threatening illnesses. Read more >
Diabetics cured by stem-cell treatment
The Times – 11 April 2007
Diabetics using stem-cell therapy have been able to stop taking insulin injections for the first time, after their bodies started to produce the hormone naturally again. Read more >
RCOG statement on the setting up of the Virgin Health Bank
1 February 2007
This initiative sets out some novel concepts which accord with the RCOG guidelines Umbilical Cord Blood Banking (Opinion Paper 2) published in June 2006. We are pleased with the honesty of the Health Bank statement that the likely need of a child in a low risk family for its own cord blood as a personally assured alternative to bone marrow transplantation for serious haematological conditions is remote… Read more >
Bank on Branson to get it right
The Times – 5 February 2007
Midwives say that collecting core blood for Richard Branson’s proposed stem-cell bank could harm the needs of patients. Dr Thomas Stuttaford explains why they are wrong. Read more >