Frances Verter

@LMRUK_org is the world's only patient advocacy charity that also provides free cord blood banking to families in need

Read the story of Natalia, first client of the Model Cell Biobank from the charity @LMRUK_org lmruk.org/2018/09/14/mod…

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/odds

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.

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

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

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.”

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/researchers/me…

Opinion: Hey, @Amazon: As a pharmacy benefit manager, you could create real competition for drug prices buff.ly/2yGHkeT

Weight has a huge impact on #pregnancy consumer.healthday.com/vitamins-and-n…

Clinical trials with cord blood & other perinatal cells: Statistics for the decade 2005-2015 published OPEN ACCESS. #WorldCordBloodDay ow.ly/qppc30gARdV

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

There are over 800 clinical trials about the placenta but only 4% are advanced cell therapy ow.ly/AFer30ghhDl

Nancy Scherich of @ucsantabarbara won the #DanceYourPhD contest in physics/over-all. Congrats to her, & all winners! bit.ly/2ijgceM

College can be scary. Know what’s scarier? Missing out on financial aid. Submit your FAFSA form now: fafsa.gov #Halloween

Europa ha iniciado menos del 10% de los ensayos con células CAR redaccionmedica.com/secciones/hema… vía @redaccionmedica

Also in Australia @Mesoblast finds injection of MSC "stem cells" helps chronic back pain. twitter.com/newscientist/s…

Australia TGA moves to restrict patients using their own stem cells for unproven therapies ow.ly/YQKI30g7clj

.@CBSThisMorning's @tonydokoupil interviews @RobertCGreen, @ShawnFayerGC & family participating in our newborn #genome seq #BabySeq project twitter.com/cbsthismorning…