by rss feed | Oct 17, 2024 | Cryo-cell, Duke, Duke autism, News Feeds
Cord blood banker Cryo-Cell and Duke have had a long-running agreement. The potentially multi-million dollar deal has focused on the development of possible umbilical cord blood therapies for pediatric patients. A major first goal has been to open an infusion clinic,...
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 | Aug 19, 2021 | Cryo-cell, Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg, Duke, Duke autism, Joanne Kurtzberg, News Feeds
I recently found concerning SEC filings from the biotech Cryo-Cell about a deal it has with a Duke team for infusions of children with unproven umbilical cord cells. This turns out to be a $58 million deal. It relates in a major way to a Duke compassionate use or...
by rss feed | Jul 27, 2021 | Autism, Duke, Fact-check, News Feeds, Stem Cell Institute in Panama, Stem cell therapy for autism
The other day I gave a talk in part about stem cell hype and mentioned as an example how the idea of already doing stem cell therapy for autism seems so misguided to me now. On the whole, in my view there are major downsides and risks for autistic kids whose parents...
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...
