Archive for the ‘Cord Blood News’ Category

Charles Sims, MD, to Represent the Association of Family Cord Blood Banks

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

California Cryobank, parent company of Family Cord Blood Services, announced today that their company founder and medical director Charles A. Sims, MD, is not appointed to the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell Transplantation.

Nebraska Legislature Focuses on Cord Blood Donations

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

State lawmakers in Nebraska may find themselves considering a bill that requires doctors and hospitals to inform women of their option to donate their umbilical cord blood. Many women are currently not aware of their option to either donate their cord blood to a public cord blood bank, or store their ...