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Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide (BMDW), an organization linking stem cell donor registries in different countries, and the World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA) report having reached 25 million registered donors. Also in the register morethan 630 000 cord blood units (CBU).

Every year, thousands of...

In 2014, American scientists from Harvard and Stanford University (USA) showed that the use of stem cells isolated from the blood of young mice, restores nerve system of older animals.

Dr. Henne Holstege (Amsterdam, Netherlands), commenting on the secret of healthy longevity of the oldest inhabitant of the planet Hendrik van Andel-Schipper, hypothesized that...

Colorectal cancer makes one half of all malignancies of the digestive tract in Europe. Every year 342,137 new cases of colorectal cancer are registered in the EU.

As early detection results in a 90-95% survival rate, United European Gastroenterology (UEG), is urging all European men and women over 50 to ‘Step Up, Take the Test’...

In 2015, 12 leading international health organizations announced March 3rd the World Birth Defects Day.

Birth defects are the main cause of death in children under one year of age worldwide. And the purpose of the World Birth Defects Day is to raise awareness of the opportunities...

In 2015, the leader of the industry of reproductive cells and tissues banking, American cryobank “Xytex Cryo International” celebrated its 40th anniversary. This is an important event not only in the history of Xytex Cryo International, but also for the...

Throughout the history of mankind injuries of all kinds and their consequences have been an important cause of ill-health, lost of working ability and decrease of the quality of life of people. And if earlier, Ukrainian doctors faced mainly with community-acquired and occupational injuries, over the past year as a result of military events in Donbass, Ukraine, more than...

Development of regenerative and reproductive medicine, increase of the level of insurance culture and a more conscious attitude of modern people to their health led to the high popularity of biobanks worldwide.

Biobanks are medical institutions that are engaged in long-term storage and cryopreservation of biological material under...

A major milestone in stem cell therapy was reached in December 2014 when a European Medicines Agency (EMA) committee recommended the conditional approval of Holoclar, the first stem-cell product to be recommended for approval in the EU. Holocloar, developed by Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. and Holostem Terapie Avanzate, is an advanced-therapy medicinal product (ATMP) granted orphan designation for...

Dr. Susana Gomez heads a public cord blood bank Biobank created at the Anthony Nolan Cell Therapy Centre (Nottingham, UK).

Biobank operates within the first and the world’s largest registry of hematopoietic stem cells. In 1974, in London Shirley Nolan, whose son Anthony suffered from congenital immunodeficiency and needed a hematopoietic stem cell...

In the era of cyber technologies online libraries are becoming increasingly popular, whose importance for the exchange of knowledge and experience in the world is difficult to overestimate. Specialized scientific funds, in addition to providing access to scientific resources perform calculation of indices, which determine the status...