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Umbilical Cord Blood Program At Magee-Womens Hospital Of UPMC Provides One-Year Update (Medical News Today)
To date, nearly 800 families have made arrangements to donate lifesaving cells through the Dan Berger Cord Blood Program at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC. Launched a year ago through a unique public-private partnership, the program gives parents an opportunity to preserve umbilical cord blood for possible future health care needs or donate their child's cord blood for the public good. (Read More)

First Match For UMass Memorial's Cord Blood Donations (WCVB Boston)
Doctors, nurses and staff at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., are celebrating the first potentially life-saving match from its cord blood donation program. (Read More)

Unique program underway at Parkview (The Herald-Press)
Parkview Huntington Hospital recently performed the first umbilical cord and placenta collection. Working in conjunction with Donor Services of Indiana, Fort Wayne, Parkview Hospitals have been active in all their birthing centers for transplants. (Read More)

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