Umbilical cord blood may hold cure to rare diseases (Stuff)

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New Arizona Law Could Save Lives (KOLD News 13 Tuscon)
A law informing expecting mothers about unbilical cord blood could help fight dozens of deadly diseases and save lives. (Read More)

Industry Association Offers Perspective to Expectant Parents and Healthcare Professionals on Informed Choice of Cord . (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Dr. Charles Sims, M.D., chairman of the Association of Family Cord Blood Banks , asserts that all expectant parents should make an informed choice about the storage or disposal of their newborn's cord blood stem cells and that physicians and other pre-natal care providers have a responsibility to provide fair and balanced education on all cord blood banking options. (Read More)

Umbilical cord blood may hold cure to rare diseases (Stuff)
All New Zealanders should have access to public cord-blood collection, rather than just those able to afford more than $4000 for the "health insurance", an advocate for people with rare diseases says. (Read More)

Donated umbilical cord blood treats deadly illnesses (Chicago Sun-Times)
Rhonda Kottke owes her life to two little babies. Doctors used the newborns' umbilical cord blood to treat Kottke's leukemia, and the Chicago woman has been cancer-free for 4? years. (Read More)

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