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Éliane Gluckman Receives Life Time Achievement Award

Congratulations to Professor Éliane Gluckman on receiving the 2024 Wallace H. Coulter Award for Lifetime Achievement in Hematology, presented by the American Society of Hematology (ASH)! A visionary in cell therapy and hematology, her pioneering work continues to inspire advancements in medical science. 
 
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Celebrating Innovation in Cord Blood Medicine

The Cord Blood Association congratulates StemCyte on achieving FDA approval for their REGENECYTE product through the Biologics License Application (BLA). This landmark accomplishment highlights years of innovation and positions StemCyte as one of only eight public cord blood banks in the U.S. with FDA BLA approval.

Discover how this milestone is advancing the future of cord blood medicine.

 

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Read the Latest CBA Newsletter

Stay informed with the latest regulatory updates, industry highlights, and exclusive interviews. Explore Cord Blood Connect 2024 highlights, helpful resources, and much more!

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Best Abstract Award Recipients

Congratulations to the 2024 Best Abstract Award Recipients!

  • Banking/Process Development/Technical - Contribution of US Public Cord Blood Banking to Improved Engraftment and Survival after Allogeneic Cord Blood Transplantation (CBT), Wouter Van’t Hof, Cleveland Cord
    Blood Bank
  • Preclinical Studies - Transcriptomic Identification of Functionality Potent Umbilical Cord Blood Units, James Ropa, Indiana University
  • Clinical Trials - During CB Transplant in MRD-Positive AML, Relapse is Usually Early, is Reduced by Acute GVHD and is Influenced by Ciclosporin Exposure: A Multicenter National Experience, Srividhya Senthil, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital

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Wouter Van't Hof
James Ropa
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Wouter Van't Hof
Cleveland Cord
Blood Bank		 James Ropa
Indiana University		 Srividhya Senthil
Royal Manchester
Children Hospital

 

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Benefits of Membership

Join Cord Blood Association

The CBA is an international, non-profit organization that promotes both public and family cord blood banking, with the objectives of saving lives, improving health and changing medicine.

Our priorities are advocacy, quality products and services, market expansion, research and development, and public and professional education. If you share these interests, you are cordially invited to join with us.

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Information for Expectant Parents

Parent Information for Cord Blood

Expectant parents are faced with important decisions, even before their baby is born. One of the most important is a life-altering decision about whether to bank their baby’s umbilical cord blood, or donate it to help others. If the precious stem cells in cord blood are not banked, they are discarded as medical waste.

There’s no one choice that’s right for all parents. But health care professionals and parents have developed guidelines to help with the decision.

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