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What the experts
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"There is increasing evidence that cord
blood provides some distinct advantages, both
logistic and biological, over bone marrow
transplants."
-- Journal of the American Medical Association,
June 21, 1995. |
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"Stem cells from cord blood are six to
eight times more powerful...than are stem
cells from adult bone marrow"
-- Raj N. Pahwa, MD, Schneider Children's
Hospital, New York. |
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"What was a discard has become valuable--indeed
priceless to many children with leukemia,
and perhaps in the future to children with
AIDS and autoimmune diseases, such as diabetes
and rheumatoid arthritis"
-- Science, May 12, 1995 |
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"I think the cord blood program is awesome.
I thank God it was available to me. It saved
my life and I have a lot to live for."
-- Danielle Williams, Leukemia patient,
cord blood recipient, 1996 |
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"This
master cell creates the key components of
the human blood cell and immune systems. Isolating
and manipulating the stem cell will lead to
new treatments for cancer, immune defects
and other disorders."
-- David W. Golde, M.D., head of hematologic
oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, New York. |
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"Besides
being a potential godsend for severely ill
sickle-cell patients, the technology may provide
new hope for children and adults with certain
life-threatening genetic disorders, cancers,
and some rare diseases, which involve blood
and bone marrow."
-- Boston Globe, April 8, 2000 |
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| "Stem
cell transplants may one day be an enormous
boon to children with certain genetic blood
disorders, such as sickle-cell anemia. Now,
there is a reason for hope." -- Parade
Magazine, August 8, 1999 |
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"The
procedure using blood from an unrelated donor
could open doors to finding help for the other
70,000 people who suffer from sickle- cell
disease."
--The Tampa Tribune, June 13, 1999. |
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| News
reports: |
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| See
the Medline
report that states that the process of
separating stem cells "entailed large
losses of progenitor cells, the yield of unwashed
progenitor cells from unfractionated cord
blood being many times greater." |
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| The
stem cells from cord blood have been shown
to aid patients with brain disorders. Click
a link to the National
Institutes of Health to read more. |
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| For
a general overview of cord blood as a replacement
to bone marrow, see a report
from CNN interactive |
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| A
wealth of information from the National
Institute of Health regarding cord blood. |
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The Family Cord Blood Banking Act may help
families pay for cord blood banking using
their pretax dollars. Read about it
here |
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Stem cells could offer hope for those with
Alzheimer's. Check
this link |
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