Birth Biologic

Sponsorship Spotlight!!

I spy a trunk full of new hospital startup supplies! Menorah Medical Center , Town Plaza Women’s Health, we are coming your way!! Stay tuned for our official start date!

We were busy providing direct service and never got our Blue and Green Day pictures posted! Love this dedicated group! They work tirelessly every day for birth tissue and cord blood donation!

National Spirit Week starts Saturday, April 6. Check out the fun days ahead and tag us in your pictures .

This week, Birth Biologic celebrated its 5th year as a program. It's hard to believe we've been doing this for that long, and I'd like to think that we've made an impact in this world of ours. We showed our nurses (and other essential hospital staff) some love with Crumbl Cookies all around!

We are pleased to welcome a new member: Birth Biologic!
Birth Biologic offers parents the opportunity to donate cord blood and perinatal tissue from their baby’s birth which has the potential to provide live saving and life enhancing therapies for those in need. This is a free service and is guided by the FDA.
For more info: (913) 283-9811 or www.birthbiologic.com.

What’s all this you ask? This is the start of something amazing as Birth Biologic adds another hospital to program! It’s move in day!

https://www.kctv5.com/olathe-woman-finds-life-saving-kidney-from-stranger-through-social-media/article_b860fa84-e3f5-11eb-a199-93440a8e2954.html

Beautiful story about a complete stranger donating her kidney to a local mom in need .

Olathe woman finds life-saving kidney from stranger through social media KCTV5 is sharing the story of a chance encounter on social media that brought two strangers together at just the right time. A local Olathe woman received the gift of

Israeli researchers testing if cord blood could help treat autism World Autism Awareness Day is Friday, April 2.

This article highlights the need for a diverse group of bone marrow and cord blood donations.

Black people are three times less likely to find a bone marrow donor than white people LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — More than three-quarters of African Americans are unable to find a bone marrow or stem cell transplant who need one, according to the nation’s largest bone marro…

Free conference open to the public if anyone is interested.

Don't miss this! Unique opportunity to hear Dr. Karen Ballen ( ) present "Bridging the Gap in Disparities with " at the 6th Annual Arizona Cord Blood Conference.
Free, online event: https://buff.ly/3l23i53

The Best Cord Blood Bank | Cord For Life Discover Home from Cord for Life. Learn all you need to know about umbilical cord blood banking and why Cord for Life is the best program for you.

Discovered this well-written story about public cord blood banking in Healthy Kansas City magazine written in July 2018. Take a look!! I think they would be delighted to know that Birth Biologic has been collecting cord blood for public banking right here in Kansas City since April 2019!! Maybe a follow-up story??

Cord Blood’s Therapeutic Potential July is Cord Blood Awareness month, and a closer look shows that there is much potential as well as much work to be done in educating the public about cord blood donation. The birth of a child can change the lives of the family forever, and medical research is finding that it can save another life a...

Free and open to the public if anyone is interested.

NEW LIVE WEBINAR!! Join us Feb 18th for with Donna Regan from : "Meeting Demand for during "
Register free: https://buff.ly/2N84kzk

This article not only shares a story of a young boy in need of a stem cell transplant but highlights the disparities between races in finding the match they so desperately need.

Local boy needs bone marrow stem cells; nat'l event set Although 8-year-old Jakobe (Kobe) Washington of Punta Gorda has yet to find his life-saving bone marrow match, a day in his honor — National Kobe Day proclaimed for Feb. 13

Stem cells are only available at the time your child is born. Find out why they are worth saving.
www.cordforlife.com

National Blood Donor month and this is a great local story about how a blood donation saved lives.

Woman who survived health scare said blood donation saved her and her baby Katherine Bredemeier said she had unusual pain 38 weeks into her pregnancy

Help us make sure all ethnicities are represented on the registry. Find out why diversity matters here: http://ms.spr.ly/6188r2BjK 💚

Doing our part to keep cord blood and tissue donors safe during our interactions at the hospital. Thanks Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

Amazing work being done with placental tissue.

Plakous Therapeutics Lands $1.7 Million Fast-Track SBIR Grant | North Carolina Biotechnology Center Winston-Salem regenerative medicine company Plakous Therapeutics has landed an award of up to $1,725,000 to help it develop a novel therapy targeting a rare disease in premature babies.

A resolution only a mother can make - to bank her newborn's stem cells to help someone in need of a transplant.

Visit www.cordforlife.com to learn more.

In honor of National Blood Donor Month...

Did you know that January is National Blood Donor Month?

While cord blood donations are at the very heart of what we do at Birth Biologic, blood donations save lives in whatever form they come in. The need is even greater in the winter months when people tend to get out a little less so its a great time to meet your New Year's Resolution to help others!

Cord Tissue MSC Helped my Adolescent Son C**t’s story shows that it is possible for older children to benefit from stem cell therapy. C**t had been diagnosed with both cerebral palsy and autism. His parents took him to a clinic offering therapy with cord tissue MSC when he was already 11 years old. After the therapy, C**t had notable imp...

Today is World Cord Blood Day, did you know that cord blood has the power to save lives? Listen to our latest podcast and learn how cord blood donations can cure leukemia and sickle cell: http://ms.spr.ly/6183p1STP

CORD BLOOD FOUND SAFE FOR TREATING ISCHEMIC STROKES The results of a Phase I study suggest that it is safe and feasible to infuse banked umbilical cord blood into adults following an acute ischemic stroke.

Congratulations to Kathryn and Michael Steddum on the birth of their daughter Meadow and for being the first family that Birth Biologic was able to help make a cord blood donation at Olathe Medical Center's Birthing Center.