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Marking an Important Milestone—150 Units Released!
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Every time a cord blood unit leaves ViaCord for use – it’s a meaningful event. It represents the hope and potential of providing treatment for a family’s loved one. Recently, ViaCord marked the release of the 150th unit for therapeutic use. Recognizing this milestone is significant for many reasons:
Nearly 80 treatable diseases and growing
Research has made incredible progress, uncovering new and effective treatments for disease and chronic illness using cord blood stem cells. In the last 20 years, the number of diseases that can be treated with cord blood has grown significantly. In 1988, only one condition was treatable. Today, cord blood stem cells have been used successfully in the treatment of nearly 80 life-threatening diseases, including cancers, blood disorders and immunodeficiencies.
Emerging therapies – offering great hope and future promise
There is increased demand for cord blood units as a result of emerging treatments for such illnesses as cerebral palsy (see Lillian’s story ) and Type 1 (juvenile) diabetes. It is believed that as research continues to expand uses for cord blood stem cells (read the recent CNN report on heart disease),…
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What Were you Expecting? A New Blog to Help Pregnant Couples Communicate.
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Recently, some of us at ViaCord were introduced to Laurie Puhn, a communications expert, family lawyer-mediator, media personality and best-selling author-who also happens to be a new ViaCord mom. In her busy career, Laurie helps couples navigate through communications challenges in their relationship, including those special challenges that occur when a relationship moves from “just the two of us” to “baby makes three.”
We think Laurie has a lot of great, practical advice to offer couples, so we partnered with her to create a new blog called Expecting Words. Expecting Words offers tips from Laurie on how to work through an important decision-making process with your mate in a meaningful way that builds trust and respect.
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Reason #14,834 to be on Facebook: Baby Shower Planning
Monday, August 24th, 2009
If you’re on Facebook already, you know that it’s an easy way to connect with family and friends quickly, easily and with a bit of fun. Now, ViaCord helps you leverage the power of Facebook to celebrate the impending birth of a new baby by introducing a Facebook application, the ViaCord Baby Shower Planner.
Whether you are planning a baby shower or simply attending, the ViaCord Baby Shower Planner makes it easy to be part of the big event-from advanced planning to post-celebration. Connect with guests to share shower details, manage RSVPs, and post priceless photos and videos. Because the ViaCord Baby Shower Planner is built on the hugely popular Facebook platform, it’s simple to communicate, organize, connect and share-and get everyone involved in the process!
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