Frances Verter

Physicist, Mother, Founder of Parent's Guide to Cord Blood 501(c)(3) Foundation @ParentCordBlood

[Frances Verter @fverter]

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

[Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK @LMRUK_org]

This year marks 30 years since the world’s first #CordBlood transplant in France by Dr Eliane Gluckman. To date there's been over 35,000 #CordBloodTransplants worldwide! #WCBD18 #WorldCordBloodDay Help us continue vital #StemCell research by donating today https://t.co/3ggPkpR5Dr

[Frances Verter @fverter]

Read the story of Natalia, first client of the Model Cell Biobank from the charity @LMRUK_org
https://t.co/IhSLRs6lpO

[Frances Verter @fverter]

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. https://t.co/i0H1cAHwPY

[Frances Verter @fverter]

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.

[Jacob Plieth @JacobPlieth]

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

[Smart Cells @SmartCells]

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 @LonzaGroup]

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.”

[Stem Cell Foundation @AusStemCell]

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 https://t.co/xPHC1lfkAY

[STAT @statnews]

Opinion: Hey, @Amazon: As a pharmacy benefit manager, you could create real competition for drug prices https://t.co/Ppfp5Dire9

[Serena H Chen MD @DrSerenaHChen]

Weight has a huge impact on #pregnancy https://t.co/fHjUNZu4ri

[Frances Verter @fverter]

Clinical trials with cord blood & other perinatal cells: Statistics for the decade 2005-2015 published OPEN ACCESS. #WorldCordBloodDay https://t.co/kpLMgOy8MP

[Frances Verter @fverter]

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. https://t.co/E3UBT7wkRG

[Frances Verter @fverter]

There are over 800 clinical trials about the placenta but only 4% are advanced cell therapy https://t.co/YunHVtWomS

[AAAS @aaas]

Nancy Scherich of @ucsantabarbara won the #DanceYourPhD contest in physics/over-all. Congrats to her, & all winners! https://t.co/XqGGXuApj7

[Federal Student Aid @FAFSA]

College can be scary. Know what’s scarier? Missing out on financial aid. Submit your FAFSA form now: https://t.co/wdDmg7cr0I #Halloween

[@sehh_es @sehh_es]

Europa ha iniciado menos del 10% de los ensayos con células CAR https://t.co/5KMREa0Zh0 vía @redaccionmedica

[Frances Verter @fverter]

Also in Australia @Mesoblast finds injection of MSC "stem cells" helps chronic back pain. https://t.co/SgMKR7mZJE

[New Scientist @newscientist]

A stem cell treatment could finally bring relief to millions of people with chronic lower back pain https://t.co/pP1Mn0HHe2

[Frances Verter @fverter]

Australia TGA moves to restrict patients using their own stem cells for unproven therapies https://t.co/sKK6csabzD

[Genomes2People @Genomes2People]

.@CBSThisMorning's @tonydokoupil interviews @RobertCGreen, @ShawnFayerGC & family participating in our newborn #genome seq #BabySeq project https://t.co/QSu9CrzSqv