umbilical cord reearch from Joan

[rayilynlee <rayilynlee@xxxxxxx>]

Rayilyn Brown
Director AZNPF
Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
rbrown@xxxxxxxxx



Steve and Lindy,

I wanted to let you know we successfully processed the recent cord blood
sample (received Wednesday).  This was a very special sample because we just
purchased a new device that isolates and purifies the most powerful stem
cells (CD34 stem cells) from cord blood.  This was our first time using this
device and as always running something for the first time can be difficult.
We were in the lab till about 9PM last night but in the end we found we had
isolated a large number of CD34 stem cells from the cord blood sample.
We¹re now using a new cell culture solution that should cause the CD34 stem
cells to grow and increase in number by about 200 fold.  Again a new method
but we¹re hopeful this will provide us with a tremendously large number of
these powerful stem cells for our experiments in changing stem cells into
neurons.

Again thanks for your help and please pass this information on to the donor
couple because without their donation we would have had to delay these
important experiments.

Regards,
Craig
Craig Cady, Ph.D.
Neurophysiology Research Laboratory
Biology Department
Bradley University
1501 W. Bradley Ave
Peoria, IL 61625
Office: 309-677-3020
Lab: 309-677-3811
FAX: 309-677-3558
E-mail: ccady@xxxxxxxxxxx



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