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13 October 2006: Cord Blood America acquires CorCell

28 September 2006: HRSA Awards $50 million for Transplants

6 June 2006: Live webcast of placental blood collection

25 May 2006: AABB seeks public comment

27 April 2006: PharmsStem patents "rejected"

14 April 2006: HRSA's RFP National Cord Blood Inventory

12 March 2006: Menstrual blood to save hearts?

15 February 2006: VITA34 patent pending

9 February 2006: FACT/Netcord seeks public comment

6 February 2006: ExpectMore.gov

1 February 2006: Cancer Vaccines race to market

25 January 2006: Cord Blood America buys out CORD

19 January 2006:Cryobanks accepts Puerto Rico donations

30 December 2005: US govt research budget for FY2006

20 December 2005: US President approves national CB program

16 December 2005: US Congress passes national CB program

15 December 2005: Embryonic Stem Cell Scandal in Korea

15 December 2005: Cryobanks International joins NMDP

3 Nov 2005: Community Blood Services joins the NMDP

1 November 2005: Stem cell transplants for breast cancer

27 Oct 2005: Crackdown on conflicts of interest at FDA

18 Oct 2005: First statewide public CB bank in NJ

Oct 2005: HON Survey of Medical Internet Users

27 Sept 2005: Organ transplant bribery

19 Sept 2005: Viacell suspends clinical trial

7 Sept 2005: Medical Residents Act Drunk

2 Sept 2005: NMDP Patient Resources website

3 Aug 2005: First cloned dog, "Snuppy"

2 Aug 2005: NJ spends $10.5 million on stem cells

28 July 2005: 1-800-STEMCELLS.com

9 June 2005: Oncologist invokes child protective services

25 May 2005: Changed FDA Rules for HCT/P Donors

24 May 2005: NYBC & NMDP Reach Compromise

24 May 2005: Congress Defies Bush Over Embryonic SC

19 May 2005: New Human Stem Cell Lines Created

8 May 2005: California to Review Grant Applications

4 May 2005: Marketing multi-potent Stem Cells from Cord Blood

28 April 2005: Rivarola Resigns as CEO of Max Foundation

14 April 2005: IoM issues Cord Blood report

11 April 2005: Stem Cell Legislation in States

11 April 2005: Free Cord Blood Banking to Siblings

11. April 2005: Umbilical cord blood scandal in Korea

6 April 2005: Veterinarian offers stem cell transplants

27 March 2005: Breast Implants From Stem Cells

24 March 2005: Pluristem patent on 3D Stem Cell growth

1 March 2005: Partnership Between Viacord and Genzyme

2 March 2005: CBR Files Suit Against Viacord

1 March 2005: PharmaStem Patent Rejected

February/March 2005: NY Blood Center Lobbies Congress

16 February 2005: Consolidation of PharmaStem Lawsuits

February 2005: Cell Therapy Market Worth $26.6 Billion

February 2005: More on Reforming the FDA

3 February 2005: NIH Policy on Enhancing Public Access

23 January 2005: How Readers Use Search Engines

11 January 2005: PharmaStem Files Preliminary Injunctions

7 January 2005: Conflicts of Interest Among Researchers?

31 December 2004: Can Cord Blood Transplants Cure AIDS?

14 December 2004: Private Banks Win PharmaStem Lawsuit

12 December 2004: Can we cryopreserve organs?

4-7 December 2004: 8 autologous Cord Blood Transplants so far

4 December 2004: Harvesting Embryonic Stem Cells Without Destroying Embryos

December 2004: Miracle Cures With Stem Cells

1 December 2004: Fighting Cancer With Radio Waves

29 November 2004: Medical Research Whistleblowers

19 November 2004: FDA Released Final GTP Guidelines

November 2004: Lobbying by Cord Blood Banks

2 November 2004: California Voters Approve Proposition 71

November 2004: You can buy Cord Blood stem cells on-line

October 2004: Controversy over national CB program

21 October 2004: Organ Transplant Brokered Via Website

20 October 2004: Greenpeace Challenges Stem Cell Patent

09 October 2004: Kenneth Worth Lawsuit Dismissed

1 October 2004: NY Blood Center Renames Program

29 September 2004: IoM 3rd cord blood meeting

24 September 2004: Wharton's Jelly is rich source of Stem Cells

16 September 2004: Registration Of All Clinical Trials Mandated

15 September 2004: Jury Verdict Of Infringement Overturned

7 September 2004: PharmaStem Patents Re-Examined

18 - 19 August 2004: IoM 2nd Cord Blood meeting

17 August 2004: Do Private Banks Hurt Public Donations?

Summer 2004: Patients Make Pilgrimages For Stem Cells

August 2004: Bio-ethicists often consult for companies

14 July 2004: CorCell merges with Vita34

12 July 2004: Conference Titled "Conflicted $cience"

July 2004: IRS Cracks Down On Abuses At Non-Profits

2 July 2004: Cryo-Cell Class Action Settlement

2 July 2004: PharmaStem Patent Battle Heats Up

1 July 2004: No autopsy required for organ donors

1 July 2004: CIBMTR created

25 June 2004: Kenneth Worth Lawsuit

14 June 2004: Recipients Want Contact With Donors

2 June 2004: IoM 1st Cord Blood meeting

20 May 2004: FDA Guidance For Eligibility Of Donors

11 May 2004: Novel Method Of Cord Blood Processing

7 May 2004: NIH officials cannot work as consultants

6 May 2004: Access to medical journals: Free versus Fee

5 May 2004: Preimplantation Genetic Typing Successful

April 2004: Creation Of NMDP/ASHI Cell Repository

26 April 2004: Profile of the bank NewBorn Blood Banking

10 April 2004: Private CB banking growing rapidly

8 April 2004: Fate of state-level cord blood laws

6 April 2004: Proposals for split Public/Private banking

31 March 2004: EU quality standards for tissue banking

16 March 2004: EU Ethics Opinion no.19

March 2004: NMDP Budget Stalled

9 March 2004: First Birth from Frozen Ovarian Tissue

1 March 2004: Cryo Cell stops using their freezer

13 - 17 February 2004: FACT merges with Netcord accreditation

16 February 2004: CB Stem Cells Repair Heart Tissue

12 February 2004: First Successful Human Cloning

12 February 2004: PharmaStem files more lawsuits

11 Feb 2004: Plan to end US health care disparities

10 February 2004: NMDP will spend $8 million on CB

23 January 2004: Congress requests IoM report on CB

21 January 2004: CB banks must register with FDA

21 January 2004: New CME Standards

20 January 2004: Political scandal rocks INCA in Brazil

18 January 2004: DoD award to CordLife

1 January 2004:First State Law Promoting CB donation

6 - 9 December 2003: 45th ASH meeting

12 November 2003: Viacord buys Kourion

3 November 2003: PharmaStem wins lawsuit

3 October 2003: CDER takes over part of CBER

3 October 2003: US Senate backs National CB Program

19 September 2003: Cryo-Cell Europe is now Cryo-Save

1 September 2003: NETCORD Inventory & Transplants

25 August 2003: Lottery $$ Funds Regenerative Medicine

5 August 2003: Fight for free access to medical research

July 2003: NEJM seeks embryonic stem cell research

31 July 2003: NMDP Inventory & Transplants

27 July 2003: Lobbying by Thermogenesis

24 July 2003: Cord Blood Stem Cell Act of 2003

16 July 2003: Pew Internet Project Report

12 June 2003: US National Cord Blood Program proposed

5 June 2003: Scandals Plague Gleevec Charity

13 May 2003: Stem Cells Found In Baby Teeth

12 May 2003: Selling Donated Cord Blood

6 May 2003: Body parts for sale in the US

8 April 2003: Britain will allow a "Designer Baby"

7 April 2003: PharmaStem's European Patent Revoked

29 March 2003: FDA stops illegal CB transfusions

20 March 2003: FDA and NIH halt SCID gene therapy

early 2003: First private tumor bank

7 February 2003: Girl is transplanted with the wrong organs

3 February 2003: Meltdown at Cryo-Cell Intnl

18 January 2003: CB banks "unrealistic, deeply exploitative"

17 January 2003: Verfaille review of stem cell research

7 January 2003: 15 yr old cord blood good as new

December 2002: State Of Cord Blood Transplantation

December 2002: Redbook article on cord blood banking

11 December 2002: Henry Strongin Goldberg Passes Away

6 - 10 December 2002: 44th ASH meeting

31 October 2002: Customer Suit Against Viacord

29 October 2002: WebWatch: Experts vs. Online Consumers

24 September 2002: California passes embryonic stem cell bill

26 August 2002: FDA shuts tissue bank CryoLife

8 August 2002: Sibling Donor Cord Blood Program

9 July 2002: First adult CB Transplant in Britain

24 June 2002: First private bank for frozen human eggs

22 May 2002: Pew Internet Project report

Spring 2002: Ukraine offers fetal stem cell treatments

18 April 2002: Follow up on SCID genetic engineering

16 April 2002: Stem Cells successful for Multiple Sclerosis

25 February 2002: First PharmaStem lawsuit

26 January 2002: Verfaille finds MAPC's

December 2001: Transplants of multiple cord blood units

24 September 2001: Papers sponsored by drug companies

1 July 2001: Story of Molly and Henry

June 2001: Over 1500 Cord Blood Transplants to date

June 2001: First study of adult Cord Blood Transplants

31 May 2001: A registry of living kidney donors?

19 April 2001: First Canada transplant of private CB

2 April 2001: First US transplant of privately banked CB

April 2001: "Whose blood is it, anyway?"

5 January 2001: Human Tissue Bank Expose

Dec. 2000: Bone marrow has multipotent stem cells

October 2000: Adult survives expanded CB Transplant

26 September 2000: IVF sibling provides Cord Blood Transplant

14 August 2000: Minutes of CB Transplant meeting

July 2000: Over 10,000 NMDP stem cell transplants

2000: About 1200 Cord Blood Transplants to date

1998: First CB Transplant from private bank

1998: Leukemia cells date back to birth

1998: Over 600 Cord Blood Transplants to date

1997: 143 Cord Blood Transplants 1988 - 1996

1996: Cord Blood Transplantation Study (COBLT)

1995: First success in SCID genetic engineering

1993: First Unrelated Cord Blood Transplant

1992: First private Cord Blood storage

1991: Hematopoetic growth factors approved

1990: E. Donnall Thomas Wins Nobel Prize

1988: First Cord Blood Transplant

1988: Cord Blood can be transplanted

1984: National Transplant Act

1980's: First periphal blood transplant

March 1970: First leukemia patient to receive Cord Blood

1970's: First autologous bone marrow transplant

1969: First Bone Marrow Transplants of Humans

July 1963: First cancer treatment with Cord Blood

1950: Bone marrow transplants can save animals