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Insception News and Events
Study Reveals Cord Blood Has the Potential To Treat Spinal Cord Injuries -(07.23.2010)
A recent study in the medical journal Spine has revealed that stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood may be used to treat spinal cord injuries. Read more...
Cord Blood Used to Treat Parkinson’s Disease -(07.14.2010)
At Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, medical researchers are on the verge of creating a treatment for Parkinson ’s disease using umbilical cord blood. Read more...
Cord Blood Used in Blood Pharming Project -(07.12.2010)
On the battlefield, shortages of blood for injured soldiers are becoming increasingly common, putting military blood banks in a difficult situation. Read more...
India to Regulate Cord Blood Banking -(07.06.2010)
India has made its first steps towards regulating cord blood banking throughout the country, submitting draft rules for public consultation. Read more...
July is Cord Blood Awareness Month -(07.06.2010)
The American Hospital Association has deemed July “Cord Blood Awareness Month”, a campaign that hopes to increase awareness of the value that cord blood has in stem cell research. Read more...
Researchers Find Cosmetic Use for Cord Blood Stem Cells -(06.28.2010)
Cord blood researcher AmStem has discovered new applications for cord blood units that cannot be used to treat medical conditions. Read more...
Indian Red Cross Promotes Cord Blood Therapy -(06.20.2010)
On May 8, World Red Cross Day, the Red Cross Society of India hosted a forum titled ‘Blood and Cell Therapy’ to increase awareness of stem cell therapy and cord blood banking. Read more...
4-Year-Old Leukemia Patient Seeks Minority Donor -(06.12.2010)
Devan is 4-years-old and suffers from Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia, a rare disease that prevents the body from producing healthy red blood cells. His doctors have only 11 weeks to find a stem cell donor so the young boy can undergo a transplant that would save his life. Read more...
Local News Issues Call for Cord Blood Donors to Save Athlete’s Life -(06.06.2010)
22-year-old athlete Mandi Schwartz is fighting an arduous battle with leukemia, and is in need of a stem cell transplant to save her life. Read more...
Cord Blood Presents Treatment Option for Dock 8 Disease -(05.29.2010)
Karly and Kelsey Koch suffer from a rare and deadly genetic disorder called Dock 8 Disease. After holding a bone marrow drive, the sisters have yet to find the stem cells needed to treat their disease – and may consider a cord blood transplant if their search continues to prove fruitless. Read more...
Increased Interracial Marriages Calls for Cord Blood Banking -(05.23.2010)
With more mixed-race children in Canada than ever, the decision of cord blood banking becomes increasingly important among interracial couples. Read more...
Risk of Thalassemia for Indians Increases Need for Cord Blood Banking -(05.18.2010)
A new study by the Children’s Hospital and Research Centre in Oakland has revealed that Indian-Americans have a much higher risk of contracting the hereditary blood disorder Thalassemia than any other minorities in the country. On May 8th, 2010, International Thalassemia Day took place, and the hospital took it as an opportunity to urge the Indian-American community to get tested and consider the option of banking their children’s cord blood. Read more...
Cord Blood Donation to Treat Young Leukemia Patient -(05.13.2010)
In January, two-year-old Korben Morrow was put into a medically-induced coma. The young leukemia patient was in need of a bone marrow transplant but his doctors doubted that he would make it. Read more...
Trial Tests New Cord Blood Treatment Method -(05.09.2010)
new study by the National Cancer Institute of America will test the effectiveness of a new treatment method that uses cord blood to help patients recover from immune-depleting chemotherapy. Read more...
Blogger Shares Experience with Donating Cord Blood -(05.06.2010)
A popular blogger by the name of Duvall Girl has shared her touching experience with donating her child’s cord blood. Although it was not her own baby that was in need of a transplant, she was equally as elated that she was able to help save another child’s life. Read more...
Charity Comes to the Aid of Patient In Need of Cord Blood -(05.03.2010)
Tara Patton of Troy, New York, has been taking part in marathons for the past two years to help raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. She was only taking part in order to support a good cause, but it wasn’t until her husband was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma that she began running for a personal reason. Read more...
Renowned Ob-Gyn Praises Cord Blood Banking -(04.26.2010)
Linda Burke-Galloway, a celebrated ob-gyn and doctor, has voiced her praise of cord blood banking on her personal blog. She was previously unconvinced about the controversial treatment method until reading the story of Chloe Levine, a cerebral palsy patient that received a cord blood transplant to improve her condition. Read more...
New Book on Umbilical Cord Blood to Hit Shelves in June -(04.16.2010)
A new book about cord blood will provide academics and professionals in the field with an updated overview of recent research on the stem cells found in umbilical cord blood. Titled:Umbilical Cord Blood A Future of Regenerative Science?, the book provides one consolidated resource on hematopoetic and mensenchymal stem cells while making predictions about the future of cord blood banking and commercialization. Read more...
5-Year-Old Cancer Survivor to Lead Relay for Life Fundraiser -(04.13.2010)
5-year-old Sami McCullough is a cancer survivor. She was 2-years-old when she was diagnosed with leukemia and underwent a cord blood transplant in 2007. Today, she is cancer-free, and has been selected as the poster child for this year’s Relay for Life. Sami will lead the first lap around the track - the Survivor’s Lap. Read more...
Community Unites to Raise Money for Cord Blood Transplant -(04.10.2010)
Jayden Zapata is a 5-year-old cerebral palsy patient. He dreams of one day becoming a baseball player, and donations from his local community will help him obtain the cord blood transplant required to restore his ability to walk. Read more...
New Study to Evaluate Effectiveness of Cord Blood Transplants -(04.08.2010)
The field of biosciences is rapidly changing and evolving as researchers continue to develop new technologies to improve the success rates of cord blood transplants. At the Annual International Umbilical Cord Blood Symposium in Los Angeles is where these researchers come together to share their developments and findings, and this year’s gathering is expected to be an exciting event.
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New Cord Blood Transplant Technologies to be Revealed -(04.05.2010)
An upcoming study by the M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre and America’s National Cancer Institute will examine the strength and effectiveness of cord blood transplants on patients with various types of hematologic malignancies. Currently, using the stem cells derived from cord blood provides patients with various blood disorders with a viable treatment option, but researchers are still striving to obtain a complete understanding of the process.
Study Proves Cord Blood Stem Cells Can be Expanded -(04.01.2010)
According to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre, a new breakthrough has been discovered, making cord blood transplants more widely-available for treating blood cancers such as leukemia. Read more...
Cord Blood Transplant Buys Time for Leukemia Patient -(04.01.2010)
After searching endlessly for a bone marrow donor, 11-year-old leukemia patient Mitchell Oliveira started to doubt that he would ever make it through his treatment. It wasn’t until a cord blood match was found that Mitchell could begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Read more...
Donating to Duke University Advances Cord Blood Research-(03.30.2010)
Duke University can now continue to pursue its studies of cord blood treatment, thanks to a remarkable $10.2 million donation from the Robertson Foundation. Read more...
New Cord Blood Program to Help At Risk Newborns-(03.26.2010)
Three in every 1000 children experiences a brain injury during or before birth, putting them at risk of developing cerebral palsy, a neurological disease for which there is currently no cure. Read more...
Insception Cord Blood Program Expands to Calgary - (03.08.2010)
Insception has opened a new office in Calgary to help educate parents of the once in a lifetime opportunity of banking their child’s cord blood. Read more...
Cord Blood Used to Treat Newborn Lung Diseases - (03.03.2010)
Researchers discovered that MSCs from cord blood can significantly reduce several effects associated with BPD. Read more...
Testing Cord Blood Treatment for Cerebral Palsy - (03.03.2010)
For over 20 years, scientists have been using the rich store of stem cells found in babies’ umbilical cord blood. Stem cells are used to treat over 80 different blood diseases, including leukemia and now a wider spectrum of diseases, namely Cerebral Palsy. Read more...
Leukemia Patient Saved by Cord Blood Transplant- (03.03.2010)
When 40-year old Philip Meehan discovered that he had leukemia, he assumed the diagnosis was a death sentence. Read more...
MaRS Innovations - (03.02.2010)
MaRS Innovation is delighted to announce that two of its commercialization projects – notably an umbilical cord stem cell technology from Mount Sinai Hospital and nicotine addictiontherapy from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
- have received Canadian Institutes ofHealth Research (CIHR) Proof of Principle
Cord Blood Presents Viable Alternative for Minority Marrow Needs-(03.02.2010)
America’s national bone marrow registry only meets the needs of about 5 to 10% of minorities living in the United States, leaving many ethnic leukemia patients with only a slim chance of survival. Read More...
Insception's New Peace of Mind Plan-(03.02.2010)
Insception’s Peace of Mind Plan will give more Canadians the opportunity
to bank their children’s umbilical cord blood.
Insption is pleased to announce the introduction of their New Peace of Mind Plan which is an additional payment offering that will allow more people to bank their baby’s umbilical cord blood. Read More...
Insception Cord Blood Program Expands to Ottawa-(10.26.2009)
Insception Cord Blood Program supporting the city of Ottawa and Eastern
Ontario Region. (Oct 26, 2009) - Insception announces the launch of the Ottawa,
Harmony Clinic location, celebrating the valuable partnership with the surrounding community and medical professionals.
As Ottawa’s family cord blood program Insception believes it is important to continue to strongly support and educate the local community about the life saving realities of banking umbilical cord blood. Read More...
Insception Adds Key New Member to Team - (07.07.2009)
Ian Rogers, PhD, joins Insception as Scientific Advisor MISSISSAUGA, ON (July 7, 2009) - Insception is very pleased to announce that Ian Rogers, PhD, a co-founder of Insception Biosciences, has joined Insception as a Scientific Advisor. Dr. Rogers has played a significant role in the development of Insception from its origin at Mount SinaiHospital.
In his role as Scientific Advisor, Ian will provide counsel to Insception’s management team on advancements in stem cell research and the application of developments in science which supports Insception’s mission of advancing the use of stem cells in the treatment of disease and the development of cellular therapies. Dr. Rogers and Dr. Robert Casper, both founders of Insception, have recently been honoured in having their inventions in creating multi-potent stem cells from human umbilical cord blood for application in diabetes, peripheral vascular disease and neurological conditions chosen by Mars Innovation as its first commercialization opportunity. www.marsdd.com/mars/News/
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