PECULIARITIES OF LEGISLATIVE REGULATION OF CORD BLOOD BANKING IN USA

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Banking of umbilical cord blood in the United States is regulated by law. In 2005, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a comprehensive report to Congress on cord blood banking.
The report contains clear recommendations that health care professionals should provide all expectant parents with fair...
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Vocal cords for the first time grown in the laboratory

UWlogo_ctr_4cFor vocal cords, producing sound is no mean feat. They need to be flexible enough to vibrate, but tough enough to withstand smacking together over a hundred times per second. If our whole bodies were subjected to an equivalent force, we’d be ripped apart.
Now, for...
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Industry news: the world’s first application of iPS-cells

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In September 2014, in Japan the world's first operation on the application of induced pluripotent stem cells – iPS was conducted.
In 2006, Professor Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University for the first time in the world received stem cells from normal human skin cells. The cells were...
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The Association of Cryobanks supports Stem Cell Awareness Day in Ukraine

SCAD_2015October 14, 2015 is a Stem Cell Awareness Day, whose purpose is to unite worldwide biotech companies, professional organizations and individuals working in the stem cells industry.
Stem Cell Awareness Day is intended to promote understanding of the importance of stem cell research and the range of their...
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Ukrainian scientists presented 3 reports at ISSCR conference

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24-27 June 2015, Stockholm (Sweden) hosted the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research - ISSCR.
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is an international organization that brings together scientists working in the field of cell technologies and promotes the development...
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