@fverter

Physicist, Mother, Founder of Parent's Guide to Cord Blood 501(c)(3) Foundation @ParentCordBlood

 Maryland, USA
ParentsGuideCordBlood.org
Joined July 2009
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Read the story of Natalia, first client of the Model Cell Biobank from the charity @LMRUK_org lmruk.org/2018/09/14/model-c…
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Odds of using cord blood: Parents are most likely to need their baby's cord blood to get therapy for cerebral palsy or autism. The "80 diseases" treated by transplant are all rare. parentsguidecordblood.org/en…
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Thank you @EdisonHSTech for preparing my daughter for a career in graphic design. She will attend BFA program at @lesley_u with both merit scholarship and portfolio scholarship.
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Jacob Plieth@JacobPlieth16 Nov 2017
On cell therapy pricing, Choulika $CLLS says there's one thing "no one talks about": big pharma minimum floor is 85% gross margin. Anything less and a drug is not profitable #Jefferies17
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Smart Cells@SmartCells15 Nov 2017
Did you know an estimated 700,000 #umbilicalcordblood units have been donated worldwide?This is equal to the estimated number of births per year in the UK alone.#worldcordbloodday #cordblood #umbilicalcord #umbilicalcordblood #awareness #raisingawareness #educatingparents #WCBD17
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Lonza@LonzaGroup15 Nov 2017
Lonza Pharma&Biotech’s Uwe Gottschalk, Chief Scientific Officer, at #pharmaintegrates: “We need a paradigm shift in Pharma manufacturing if personalized medicine is to become a reality for patients.”
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2017 #MetcalfPrize winner Jessica Mar @AIBNatUQ is analysing how we and our stem cells age. She can also tell you why single cell biology is more like a fruit salad than a smoothie... and why that's important stemcellfoundation.net.au/re…
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STAT
@statnews15 Nov 2017
Opinion: Hey, @Amazon: As a pharmacy benefit manager, you could create real competition for drug prices buff.ly/2yGHkeT
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Weight has a huge impact on #pregnancy consumer.healthday.com/vitam…
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Clinical trials with cord blood & other perinatal cells: Statistics for the decade 2005-2015 published OPEN ACCESS. #WorldCordBloodDay ow.ly/qppc30gARdV
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For the cord blood banking industry, this new clinical trial could be the rising tide that floats all boats: EXPANDED ACCESS for children with Autism and Cerebral Palsy. ow.ly/sZ4230gzdCN
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There are over 800 clinical trials about the placenta but only 4% are advanced cell therapy ow.ly/AFer30ghhDl
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AAAS@aaas1 Nov 2017
Nancy Scherich of @ucsantabarbara won the #DanceYourPhD contest in physics/over-all. Congrats to her, & all winners! bit.ly/2ijgceM
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Federal Student Aid
@FAFSA31 Oct 2017
College can be scary. Know what’s scarier? Missing out on financial aid. Submit your FAFSA form now: fafsa.gov #Halloween
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@sehh_es
@sehh_es31 Oct 2017
Europa ha iniciado menos del 10% de los ensayos con células CAR redaccionmedica.com/seccione… vía @redaccionmedica
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Also in Australia @Mesoblast finds injection of MSC "stem cells" helps chronic back pain. xitter.cf/newscientist/status/92…
New Scientist
@newscientist23 Oct 2017
A stem cell treatment could finally bring relief to millions of people with chronic lower back pain ow.ly/ZyCX30g4cSw
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Australia TGA moves to restrict patients using their own stem cells for unproven therapies ow.ly/YQKI30g7clj
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.@CBSThisMorning's @tonydokoupil interviews @RobertCGreen, @ShawnFayerGC & family participating in our newborn #genome seq #BabySeq project xitter.cf/cbsthismorning/status/…
CBS Mornings
@CBSMornings24 Oct 2017
A landmark study could lead to gene scans for all infants at birth, @tonydokoupil reports. 👶
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Currently recruiting: most cord blood trials in US & EU, whereas most umbilical cord tissue MSC trials are in China. ow.ly/TtPP30fPt5h
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