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Cord Blood Banks and Donating Cord Blood An Introduction
By Carole Nickerson, Readerpoint.com

More than 30,000 people every year are diagnosed with cancer and diseases that may benefit from cord blood donations. Umbilical cord blood, once considered as medical waste, is now recognized as a rich source of stem cells used in research and the treatment of several pediatric blood diseases, sickle cell anemia, and cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma.

Cord blood donation allows doctors to preserve these life-saving stem cells for treating people with diseases which may benefit from it as well as research for future cures and treatments. Donating cord blood is 100% safe, simple and is not harmful to either you or your baby.

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Stem-Cell Funding Ban Upheld While Government Appeals
The Obama administration can’t continue to fund embryonic stem-cell research while appealing a ban on government support for any activity using cells taken from human embryos, a federal judge ruled. Read More ...

Stem-Cell Funding Ban Upheld During U.S. Government's Appeal, Judge Rules
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Stem cell work in limbo awaiting court’s decision
By John A. Hawkinson NEWS EDITOR Many stem cell researchers have been left uncertain about their own future and the future of their field as they wait for a federal judge to decide whether to allow the NIH to fund human embryonic stem cell research, within and without of its walls. Read More ...

 

 
 
 
 

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