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Americord Releases Advanced Newborn Health Screening: Saliva Kits are Here

myNewborn offers screening for more than 390 genetic conditions that onset during early childhood and require guidance for timely and effective interventions.

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Americord Introduces myNewborn Health Screening: A Powerful Addition to Cord Blood Banking

myNewborn Health Screening is a cutting-edge genomic screening test designed to provide families with valuable insights into their child’s genetic makeup.

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Americord Appoints Charlie Boyer as Co-CEO

Collaboratively, Charlie Boyer and Marty Smithmyer will work on the vision, strategy, and culture of Americord moving forward.

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Americord Announces Genomic Testing Partnership

Americord has partnered with Veritas Genetics, a LetsGetChecked company and leader in genomic screening, to offer newborn and maternal whole-genome screening.

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Americord® Releases Exosomes Banking with CryoMaxx™ Processing

Americord’s proprietary CryoMaxx™ Processing method isolates and concentrates the exosomes from the plasma portion of the cord blood.

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A Brother’s Bond: Sibling’s Newborn Stem Cells Help Treat 10-Year-Old with Sickle Cell Disease

This is the story of how a younger brother's banked cord blood stem cells were used to successfully treat his older brother's Sickle Cell Disease.

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Americord Releases Cord Blood Stem Cells to Treat Child with Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle cell diseases affects more than 20 million people globally, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

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Cord Blood Stem Cells Successfully Treat 5-Year Old with Autism

When Amanda and Shawn Fohs’ daughter, Olivia, was born in 2013, the couple decided to bank their daughter’s cord blood stem cells.

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Americord Celebrates Opening of In-House Stem Cell Processing and Research & Development Lab

Known for its proprietary stem cell and placental tissue processing technologies, Americord’s lab provides the environment for scientists to create a new generation of innovative products.