Mom opts to bank blood (Brookfield Suburban Life)

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Folmer leaps into debate on stem cells (Lebanon Daily News)
Sen. Mike Folmer has jumped into the stem-cell debate. Folmer, a Republican whose district includes Lebanon County, wants to create a public blood bank for the collection of umbilical-cord and placenta blood to be used for the treatment of metabolic diseases and stem-cell research. (Read More)

Mixed-race marrow donors in short supply (New Haven Register)
NEW HAVEN ? Natasha Collins, a first-year Yale Medical School student, volunteered frequently as a Cornell University undergraduate to help schoolchildren in the Ithaca, N.Y., community. (Read More)

More cord blood donations urged (People's Daily)
Mothers-to-be have been urged to donate the umbilical cord blood of their newborn child so that stem cells may be used in research and therapy. Expectant parents in China are urged to donate their newborns' umbilical cord blood, a rich source of stem cells, and increase awareness of its medical benefits, experts said. China needs a total of 70,000 to 100,000 donated cord blood units to treat . (Read More)

Barbara Dehn: Horses and Stem Cells (HuffingtonPost)
Researchers are now recommending that owners and breeders of thoroughbreds consider banking the umbilical cord stem cells from prize race horses. (Read More)

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