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Fall 2008

In this issue: - Cord Blood & Type 1 Diabetes: One ViaCord Family's fight, Mia Hamm teams up with ViaCord, ViaCord's Sibling Connection program offers hope to families in need

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Featured Articles

A Mother's Intuition

A cord blood infusion helps a ViaCord family fight against Type 1 diabetes...

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Lean on Me

The Sibling Connection provides families in need with the chance for a transplant...

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ViaCord's Customer Service Team Brings a Whole New Meaning to "Delivery"

No matter what challenges they face, ViaCord's customer service reps always deliver for ViaCord customers...

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Did You Hear?

Mia Hamm and ViaCord team up to spread awareness for cord blood

Mia shares why she's dedicated to helping families in need of a stem cell transplant...

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ViaCord Voices | Meet Mike

We recently asked Mike Farnum, manager of a clinical consultant team, to tell us more about working for ViaCord...

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Cord Blood in the News

Cord blood stem cells reverses girl's cerebral palsy

Banking on cord blood: Transplants saving young lives from diseases that were once thought to be unbeatable

Harvard stem cell research gets boost

Umbilical cord a lifeline for two kids

Key advance In treating spinal cord injuries found in manipulating stem cells

PerkinElmer's ViaCord teams up with Mia Hamm to promote cord blood education and assist transplant families

PerkinElmer establishes ViaCord Research Institute™ to further cord blood stem cell advancements

The Parent Report

The Parent Review Report

ViaCord is pleased to bring you The Parent Review Report, a partner publication that bridges science and parenting by reporting on the most compelling research-based findings on child development issues.

  • •  Babies imitate, but do they understand motivation?
  • •  New report on peanut allergy raises more questions
  • •  In Development: Ongoing Research

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*Although the potential use of umbilical cord blood is expanding rapidly, the odds that a family without a defined risk will need to use their child's umbilical cord blood are low. There is no guarantee that the umbilical cord blood will be a match for a family member or will provide a cure. As with any transplant therapy, therapeutic success depends upon many factors beyond the stem cells themselves, including patient condition, type of disease, recipient-donor relationship and matching, and other factors.

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