X-Message-Number: 5179
From:  (Brian Wowk)
Newsgroups: sci.cryonics
Subject: Re: Umbilical Blood Banking
Date: 14 Nov 95 18:19:14 GMT
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References: <488p92$>


In <488p92$>  (Mark Connaughton) writes:

>Is anyone out there banking umbilical blood,
>or other placental material, for future therapeutic
>use?  We've had an inquiry or two lately, and we
>would like to be able to point interested parties
>to the right place.

	With my first child due in January, this is a subject I have
been actively investigating.  My best lead so far is 

CryoCell International
516-223-5050

I spoke to them about six weeks ago, and they said that although
they weren't quite set up yet, they would be "very soon."
They promised to send me literature, which I haven't received
yet (and am beginning to think that I will never receive)

	My other two leads are Biocite, and someone named
David Harris at the University of Arizona (Tucson).
I will be chasing these down as soon as I get a spare minute.

	If anyone else out there has information to contribute,
I too would be grateful.

---Brian Wowk


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