by rss feed | Sep 6, 2022 | cord blood, Cryo-cell, News Feeds, Reviews, ViaCord, Viacord review
Viacord is one of the most well known firms in the for-profit cord blood banking industry. Today’s post is a review of the firm. I see concrete reasons for concern. What is Viacord? | Dubious autism claims | Viacord cost | Overall Review |...
by rss feed | Aug 26, 2022 | cord blood, Cryo-cell, Duke Autism Center, News Feeds, Reviews
In today’s post I review the cord blood firm Cryo Cell International and discuss specific concerns I have about it. A major issue is their plan to open a clinic selling unproven cord cell infusions to kids. I believe this is risky both for the firm and more...
by rss feed | Oct 12, 2021 | Autism, cord blood, Cryo-cell, Duke, Duke autism, News Feeds
When I first learned about the multi-$10 million cord cell clinic deal between Duke and Cryo-Cell I couldn’t believe what I was reading. Duke’s involved in this? The problem: marketing unproven cells for kids Yes, this wasn’t some stem cell clinic...
by rss feed | Feb 18, 2021 | Autism, Blog, cord blood, Duke autism, Neil Riordan, News Feeds, Panama stem cell, Stem Cell Institute, The Stem Cell Institute
Somehow time has flown by so that I’ve been around for ages in the stem cell universe and some unproven stem cell clinic type firms, like the well-known Panama stem cell clinic that sells autism “treatments”, are also long-timers. It’s been an...
by rss feed | Jan 19, 2021 | cord blood, cord blood banking, Cryo-cell, Duke, News Feeds, stem cell banking, ViaCord
When my wife and I were expecting our first daughter way back in the nineties, we received a paper pamphlet about cord blood banking. Back then, I was a graduate student at UC San Diego School of Medicine working toward my Ph.D. in Molecular Pathology and my wife was...
by rss feed | Jan 19, 2021 | cord blood, cord blood banking, Cryo-cell, Duke, News Feeds, stem cell banking, ViaCord
When my wife and I were expecting our first daughter way back in the nineties, we received a paper pamphlet about cord blood banking. Back then, I was a graduate student at UC San Diego School of Medicine working toward my Ph.D. in Molecular Pathology and my wife was...
