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HIGHLIGHTS
CBAI projects it will become cash flow positive for the first time in its history

• By continuing to de-lever its balance sheet through debt reductions and
• By expansion through internal growth coupled with strategic acquisitions
  

OVERVIEW

• Emerging leader in an emerging market
• Umbilical cord blood collection, a non-controversial and valuable source of stem cells
  

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Three cord blood storage industry leaders Viacord, CordBloodAmerica, CordBlood

Three cord blood storage industry leaders Viacord, CordBloodAmerica, CordBlood

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Cord Blood Used for Type 1 Diabetes Research

“Our primary goal is to study the ability of these cord blood derived cells to modulate a human immune system in a pre-clinical animal model,” said Dale L. Greiner, Ph.D., professor of medicine, University of Massachusetts Mass Medical School.

According to the American Diabetes Association, diabetes is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. Diabetes affects more than 23.6 million Americans, or 7.8 percent of the population, and is estimated to have a total annual economic cost of $174 billion. Type 1 diabetes, which accounts for between five and ten percent of all diagnosed cases of diabetes, is an autoimmune disease, generally occurring in children and young adults. Because patients with type 1 diabetes do not product insulin naturally, they must have insulin delivered by injection or a pump to help maintain their health. There is no known way to prevent type 1 diabetes.

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Curing Blood Diseases: How Cord Blood Saves Lives

Curing Blood Diseases: How Cord Blood Saves Lives

Aired on Lifetime Television, April 27 and June 8, 2008, Show 510

Eight-year-old Joseph Davis Jr. is a healthy boy – but at birth he was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia, a chronic blood disorder that deprives cells of proper oxygen, causes periodic painful episodes and reduces life expectancy. Only a bone marrow transplant could help him. Every day, thousands of people with a blood disease search the registry for life-saving bone marrow and cord blood donors because they can't find a match within their families. The Davises also discovered there was a shortage of African-American donors who might provide a match of bone marrow or cord blood.

Cord blood comes from a newborn's umbilical cord or placenta and contains a high concentration of the hematopoietic stem cells that can help generate new, healthy cells in transplant recipients. The search dragged on for over a year to find a matching donor.

Then, a miracle happened: Joseph's mom, previously told she could not have more children, became pregnant. The remarkable result? Not only a new life in the form of a second son, but the stem cells from his umbilical cord turned out to be a match for Joseph, eventually curing him of sickle cell and giving him a healthy life. Doctors – and the Davises – highly recommend that the time of birth, a child's cord blood is saved and frozen, just in case it can be used for life-saving transplants in the future.

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