Cord Blood America Says Cord Blood Banking Making Impressive Gains in the World's Marketplace.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cord Blood America, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: CBAI) , the umbilical cord blood stem cell preservation company (http://www.cordblood-america.com/) focused on bringing the life saving potential of stem cells to families nationwide and internationally, said today that recent events in its industry prove that it...

Online Tool Helps Physicians Improve Care of Patients with Bleeding Disorder.
WASHINGTON and PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Physicians who treat a blood disorder called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), characterized by easy bruising and excessive bleeding, now have a new tool to help them provide the best care for patients with this disease. This Web-based performance evaluation tool is the...

British Agency Approves Cash for Human Egg Donations.
Calling it "not a payment, but compensation," the British Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) will allow women to receive up to [pounds sterling]250 (almost $500) to donate their eggs for research into human cloning and stem cells. Women can also receive discounts on in vitro fertilization (IVF) if...

Youths with cancer cope well, studies suggest.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Children and adolescents with cancer showed greater adaptive skills and social skills than expected in healthy children, and certain adaptive styles help them thrive psychologically, separate speakers said at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. A study of 172 children and teenagers...

Cooperative Agreement Approved for U.S., Chinese Marrow Registries.
National Marrow Donor Program, Chinese Marrow Donor Program Pact Will Help Patients Find Matched Donors WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- A cooperative agreement between the National Marrow Donor Program(R) (NMDP) and the Chinese Marrow Donor Program (CMDP) has been approved by the governments of both nations, allowing...

Hematologic effects.
This excerpt, chapter 7 from the book Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Manual for Nursing Practice, edited by Susan A. Ezzone, MS, RN, CNP, is part of a series of clinically relevant reprints that appear regularly in the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing. The most common hematologic...

Cadila plans to enter biotech business.
KOLKATA: Ahmedabad-Based Cadila Healthcare, part of the Zydus group, is planning to enter the biotech business. The pharma major is building a strong pipeline of biopharmaceuticals in areas like cancer and blood disorders. Cadila Healthcare will form a separate business unit under the company's key division, Zydus...

Cadila plans to enter biotech business.
KOLKATA: Ahmedabad-Based Cadila Healthcare, part of the Zydus group, is planning to enter the biotech business. The pharma major is building a strong pipeline of biopharmaceuticals in areas like cancer and blood disorders. Cadila Healthcare will form a separate business unit under the company's key division, Zydus...

Cadila plans to enter biotech business.
Byline: Writankar Mukherjee KOLKATA: Ahmedabad-Based Cadila Healthcare, part of the Zydus group, is planning to enter the biotech business. The pharma major is building a strong pipeline of biopharmaceuticals in areas like cancer and blood disorders. Cadila Healthcare will form a separate business unit under...

Two World-Renowned Scientists to Receive the Highest Honors of the American Society of Hematology (ASH(TM)).
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Society of Hematology (ASH(TM)), the world's largest professional society of blood specialists, is honoring notable cancer geneticist Riccardo Dalla-Favera, MD, and Jack Hirsh, MD, an internationally recognized expert in clotting disorders, with its highest honors during the 48th ASH(TM) Annual Meeting....