by Insception Lifebank | Blog, Cord Blood, cord blood program, Stem Cell Research
Family cord blood banking programs partner with leading hospitals and medical institutions in their respective communities to help expand research into potential therapeutic benefits derived from cord blood stem cell transplants. Insception Lifebank, Canada’s largest...
by Insception Lifebank | Blog, Cord Blood Blog
The spirit of the holiday season is to instill feelings of giving within people to help the less fortunate. People and organizations around the world are beginning the holiday season with a commitment to give to non-profit organizations with a growing conscientious...
by Insception Lifebank | Blog, Cord Blood, Cord Blood Blog, cord blood program
The Canadian Blood Services completed its goal of opening Canada’s national donor cord blood banking program earlier this year. The program first launched at a hospital in Ottawa, with commitments to expand to three other cities across the country by mid-2014. CBS...
by Insception Lifebank | Blog, Cord Blood, Cord Blood Banking, cord blood questions
Now that Canada is accepting umbilical cord blood donations from families, Canadians are questioning the differences between donor and family cord blood banking. Dr. Kathleen Berchelmann, a pediatrician at the St. Louis Children’s Hospital in the US with knowledge of...
by Insception Lifebank | Blog, Science & Research
Mount Sinai Hospital, one of the most well-established health sciences centres in Toronto, was the recipient of a special donation earlier this month. The founders of the Four Seasons Hotel and Resorts donated an incredible $10 million to Mount Sinai in order to...
by Insception Lifebank | Blog, Cord Blood Blog
Could cellphone cameras be what uncover a new method of detecting potential cancer in the eye? A theory from one parent was studied at the Harvard Medical School, which suggests that photos of children with “white eye” or leukocoria could be early signs of the...