Cryobanks International, Inc. Online information is available at www.

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The Keep USF Fair Coalition was formed in April 2004. (OTC: BTEM), recently established a
strategic partnership with the NMDP in Puerto Rico in an effort to expand
their cord blood donation program. To improve the chances for all patients to find a
match, more Black and African American, American Indian and Alaska Native,
Asian, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and Hispanic and Latino
potential volunteer donors are needed.

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As the ad states: "The Fair Share
Plan keeps the current methodology and proposes a mechanism to offset any
unforeseen shortfalls, without discriminating against American consumers.


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Keep USF Fair Coalition Places Public Education Ads in Roll Call,
Communications Daily and The Hill

WASHINGTON, To date more than 120,677 individuals
have taken action via the Keep USF Fair Coalition website
(http://www.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" by BioStem, Inc.gov.

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Current members
include Alliance for Public Technology , Alliance For Retired Americans,
American Association Of People With Disabilities, American Corn Growers
Association, American Council of the Blind, Black Leadership Forum, Consumer
Action, Deafness Research Foundation, Gray Panthers, Latino Issues Forum,
League Of United Latin American Citizens , National Association Of The Deaf,
National Grange, National Hispanic Council on Aging, National Native American
Chamber of Commerce, Telecommunications Research + Action Center, and World
Institute On Disability. There is tremendous potential need for CBTs in
the United States and worldwide.
Factors that could affect results, levels of activity, performance or
achievements and cause them to materially differ from those contained in
the forward-looking statements include the failure to complete the
acquisition of Cryobanks, and other factors that can be found in BioStem's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which can be found at
www.

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Because these traits are inherited in the same
way as hair or eye color, a patient's most likely match is someone of the
same race or ethnicity .5 million volunteer marrow donors and, through partnerships with
international organizations, provides access to an additional 4 million
donors around the world.

About Cryobanks:

Cryobanks International is a corporation located in Altamonte Springs, Fl,
which is to be acquired by BioStem , Inc.
These statements relate to future events or financial performance and
transactions, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause actual results, levels of activity, performance or
achievements, to be materially different from those contemplated by the
forward-looking statements.

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More than 275,000 Americans have sent letters to the Hill and the FCC
since the start of the campaign.

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org) and told the FCC and Members of Congress to adopt
the "Fair Share Plan." The Fair Share Plan is a consumer-friendly solution
which achieves the goals of ensuring a sustainable and sufficient Universal
Service Fund while minimizing the adverse impact on low-volume, low income
consumers. "It is our hope that The Puerto
Rican Donation Program will increase the Hispanic representation in the
donor pool by a significant margin ," says Brunoehler. Registry of cord blood units and the National
Registry for marrow donors. The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) has
facilitated more than 21,000 marrow and cord blood transplants .

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The Keep USF Fair Coalition was launched in April 2004 and is composed of
17 national organizations representing the senior, minority, disability,
consumer, and rural communities. The NAACP is a current supporter of the Keep USF Fair
Coalition, and is among the many national organizations that have filed
comments with the FCC in support of a non-regressive USF collection method.

PRESS RELEASE Cryobanks International Inc. and the National Marrow Donor Program Team to Facilitate Cord Blood Donations in Puerto Rico

We undertake no ongoing
obligation, other than that imposed by law, to update these statements.

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The ad highlights CBO data and concludes that the proposed per number tax,
or flat $1-$2 per line fee would increase phone fees by over 1000%!
Alternatively, the Fair Share Plan does not unfairly discriminate against
consumers, particularly low-volume users.org.sec.

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Over 120 000 Americans Tell the FCC to Adopt the Keep USF FAIR Coalition's 'Fair Share Plan'

The ads are the latest in a series of public awareness efforts
by the Keep USF Fair Coalition.
To view the new ads, and learn more about the Keep USF Fair Coalition,
please visit http://www. Cryobanks International's cord blood
donation program has been in operations for over ten years, but has never
accepted cord blood donations outside of the United States. "We need to
increase donations from the Hispanic population in order to serve a larger
demographic of patients in need.marrow.

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The decision to collect and transfer cord
blood donations from Puerto Rico is an investment that will benefit us all
in the long run," said Dwight C. Brunoehler, President and CEO of Cryobanks
International . To learn how you can help make life-saving transplants a reality for
patients, call Cryobanks International at
1-800-869-8608.

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In addition, 90,000 consumer members have
joined such notable organizations such as Consumer Action, LULAC, Gray
Panthers, Black Leadership Forum, National Association of the Deaf and others
to the Keep USF Fair Coalition.

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Hematopoietic stem cell transplants require matching certain tissue traits
of the donor and patient. The donation program
will be available in major hospitals and birthing centers in Puerto Rico,
emphasizing the large demand for minority donations. The units of cord blood
(CB) are processed and stored by the company for use in unrelated
transplants (where the donor is a histocompatible match, but is anonymous
and unrelated to the recipient) and for personal storage and use. Cryobanks International is well poised to
help meet that need, equipped with an inventory of over 8,000 cord blood
units.

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There can be no assurance that the acquisition
described herein will successfully close.

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keepUSFair., which
is to be acquired by BioStem, Inc.com or
contact the NMDP at
1-800-MARROW-2, www.

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The Company is a
leader in the collection, processing, and banking of stem cells derived
from the umbilical cord immediately after birth.

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The NMDP is the largest U. Through a
Network of public cord blood banks, the Center for Cord Blood at the NMDP
makes more than 45,000 cord blood units available to transplant physicians
and their patients -- the largest single listing in the United States.
These units are available through the NMDP Registry, which includes more
than 5. It connects patients, doctors , donors and researchers to the
resources they need to help more people live longer and healthier lives.

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The Keep USF Fair Coalition launched a new ad campaign today, highlighting
a recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Report on Universal Service Fund
(USF) -- the featured headline "CBO REPORT PAINTS UNREAL PICTURE FOR UNIVERSAL
SERVICE FUND".

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The NMDP helps people who need a life-saving marrow or cord blood
transplant. To
achieve its mission, the NMDP searches the Registry -- the largest listing
of volunteer donors and cord blood units in the world; supports patients
and their doctors throughout the transplant process; and matches patients
with the best donor or cord blood unit using innovative science and
technology. (OTC: BTEM). In
recent years, cord blood transplants (CBTs) have become widely recognized
as a safe, effective, and in many ways preferable , alternative to bone
marrow transplant (BMT).cryo-intl.

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