November 30, 2005 1,000 Mothers-to-Be Enroll for Banking Cord Blood Stem Cells Since it opened a year ago, Asia Cryo-Cell Private Ltd’s LifeCell, the first private umbilical cord blood bank in India, has enrolled 1,000 pregnant women looking to bank their babies’ umbilical cord blood stem. CEO Abhay Kumar expressed how thrilled he was to reporters saying the company had "achieved a major milestone in just one year". In addition to the 1,000 women already enrolled, another 3,000 had contacted the company about banking with them. Due to their phenomenal success, the company plans to expand its operation over the next two years to 24 centers. Kumar said he was expecting enrollment to increase eightfold to 8,000 by the end of 2006. LifeCell was given rights to open in the Asian region by Cryo-Cell International, USA. DeccanHerald.com November 27, 2005 Princess Mary’s Baby Stem Cells Saved Danish Princess Mary has reportedly had her baby’s umbilical cord blood stem cells saved. Although the palace has declined to comment on the story, The Sunday Telegraph reported that doctors at the Copenhagen University Hospital collected the stem cells immediately after the prince’s birth. The as-yet unnamed prince is second in line to the Danish throne. NineMSN.com November 1, 2005 Korean Stem Cell Research Center Overwhelmed World Stem Cell Hub in Seoul, Korea was inundated with applications by possible participants in clinical trials within five minutes of opening up their website for applications. The center is looking for about 100 participants with either Parkinson’s disease or spinal cord injuries to act as test subjects in the center’s research project. Shortly after opening their online application process, the center had received close to 3,000 applications from people around the world, causing their website to be significantly slowed down for a few hours. There were also 500 people who had lined up outside the center to register in person. Those chosen for the study will donate some of their stem cells, which will be cloned and first tested on primates before being tried on humans. BetterHumans.com; VOANews.com; WFMYNews2.com December 2007 October 2007 Spetember 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September, 2005 August, 2005 July, 2005 May, 2005 April, 2005 March, 2005 February, 2005 December, 2004 November, 2004 October, 2004 September, 2004