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From disputes over the province's black gold to school funding crises, this regional newscast traipses Alberta to feature local stories, breaking national news, sports and weather every night at 6 p.m. Stations in Edmonton and Calgary gathered material for the supper hour newscast that debuted in 1961 as Newsday. When the Calgary station closed in 1990, the title was changed to Alberta Newshour, then to CBC Edmonton News in 1997, Canada Now: Edmonton in October 2000 and CBC News at Six: Edmonton in 2006. In 2000, it was cut from an hour to 30 minutes, returning to an hour-long regional show in 2007.

Umbilical cord blood: stem cells for the future?

Broadcast Date: Oct. 15, 1998

A newborn's umbilical cord is rich with stem cells that could someday save a life. That's the promise of a new technology in 1998 that allows cord blood to be harvested and stored indefinitely. In this CBC-TV report, we meet two moms who have decided to have their child's stem cells collected. One is willing to pay to have the cells stored by a private stem cell bank as a type of insurance against possible need within the family. The other donates her child's cells to a public bank saying, "To think that my little miracle could be somebody else's little miracle — that's good enough."

Umbilical cord blood: stem cells for the future?

• Cord stem sells are more adaptable than the bone marrow cells normally used in bone marrow transplants. Using stem cells means that the match with a patient does not need to be perfect, and the rate of rejection is lower.

• As of April 2010, Canada does not have a national cord blood bank. Canadian Blood Services put together a business plan for administering such a bank in 2008 and is awaiting approval from provincial and territorial deputy ministers of health.

• A thriving public cord blood bank would allow for efficient matching and quick access to samples. Right now Canada often goes abroad to get suitable cord blood samples.

• Cord blood sample sizes are tiny and generally only useful for transplants for children. However in January of 2010, researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute in Seattle announced the development of a method of expanding the number of stem cells from a unit of cord blood in the laboratory. When infused into patients, the expanded stem cells result in swift, successful engraftments.

• According to a 2009 article in Today's Parent, private companies charge a minimum of $2,500 for 18 years of cord blood storage. Opponents of private cord blood banks claim that these companies prey on the anxieties of new parents and misrepresent the potential benefits of cord blood storage.

Umbilical cord blood: stem cells for the future?

Medium: Television

Program: Newsday

Broadcast Date: Oct. 15, 1998

Guest(s): John Akabutu, Christine Fulford, Bobbi-Lynne McLachlen, Peggy Wareham


Reporter: Dian Duthie

Duration: 5:12

Last updated:
Aug. 18, 2010


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