August 11th, 2005 The state's first public bank for storing umbilical cord blood opened last week as part of a growing movement to increase the nation's supply. Cord Blood transplants could help the nearly 35,000 people in US who suffer each year from life-threatening diseases, according to the National Bone Marrow Program, which maintains a global registry of cord-blood units.

July 26th, 2006 Texas' only state-sanctioned cord blood bank in San Antonio has reached a major milestone. With more than 800 units banked in the last year, the Texas Cord Blood Bank, housed at the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, is now part of the National Marrow Donor Program and accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks.

September 4th, 2006 The state legislature established the Texas Cord Blood Bank in San Antonio((in 2001)) to collect stem cells from umbilical cord blood to use in treatments. However, donations to the center are too low.

April 30th, 2009 $5.8 Million stem research grant has been allowed by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine(CIRM) to the researchers of Stanford University’s School of Medicine today to find and focus on ways to stimulate existing adult stem cells to heal damaged nerves, bone, skin and cardiac muscle. It was one of 15 grants totaling $67.7 million that were awarded during a meeting of the institute’s 29-member governing board.

August 18th, 2006 A Dallas-area hospital has become the Texas Cord Blood Bank’s first donor collection site in North Texas — the fourth donor site in Texas. The Texas Cord Blood Bank is a division of the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center in San Antonio.

May 1st, 2006 The bill to create an umbilical cord blood bank in Connecticut passed unanimously in the House today and moves to the governor's desk. Cord blood stem cells have been used to treat leukemia patients whose bond marrow was destroyed by radiation and chemotherapy.

April 6th, 2009 This is a historic event and one of it's kind just for which scientists and supporters of stem cell research were waiting for long time. Post ban era of stem cell research opens up with the first grants after President Barack Obamas lift on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.

June 30th, 2008 The stem cell research in the USA is likely to have a major boost when a grant of $24 million was awarded by The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to stem cell research in the state. Of the money, $23 million will be donated to the research into the derivation and propagation of new lines of pluripotent human stem cells.