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Donate cord blood and share life
National Marrow Donor Program ^
Posted on 08/07/2007 9:20:38 PM PDT by Coleus
Donate Cord Blood. Share Life.
Before your baby is born, the umbilical cord is a lifeline. After birth, that lifeline can provide hope to patients with leukemia, lymphoma or other diseases. After delivery, the umbilical cord and placenta are no longer needed and are often discarded. But the blood remaining in the umbilical cord and placenta is rich with blood-forming cells. These healthy blood-forming cells can be collected and stored so they can be used by a patient who needs them.
Donate cord blood and share life.
Get information to help you make an informed decision
Learn how to donate
- How to donate cord blood Get a step-by-step overview of the donation process, including your role, how cord blood is collected in the hospital and what happens at the public cord blood bank
- Learn if you can donate See medical eligibility guidelines for donation
- Where to donate Find out if your hospital works with a public cord blood bank and whether there is a public bank in your area
NMDP commitment to cord blood donation
For 20 years, the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) has matched donors and patients to facilitate bone marrow transplants and help save lives. Today, the NMDP is committed to partnering with cord blood banks around the world to build a strong network and inventory of high-quality cord blood units available to any patient who needs a transplant. In 2006, the NMDP was selected by the U.S. federal government to operate the nations Cord Blood Coordinating Center. We are also conducting a research study on cord blood transplantation and patient outcomes. (Learn more about our network of banks in the United States listed in
Where to Donate as well as
international cord blood registries.)
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: adultstemcells; cordblood; nmdp
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posted on
08/07/2007 9:20:40 PM PDT
by
Coleus
To: 2ndMostConservativeBrdMember; afraidfortherepublic; Alas; al_c; american colleen; annalex; ...
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posted on
08/07/2007 9:21:05 PM PDT
by
Coleus
(Pro Deo et Patria)
To: Coleus
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posted on
08/07/2007 9:56:33 PM PDT
by
VictoryGal
(Never give up, never surrender!)
To: Coleus
The Liberal technique would be:
Emplant a stolen embryo.
Pay to bring the fetus to near term
Do partial birth abortion
Harvest cord blood.
To: Coleus
Thanks for posting...pregnant and will consider.
To: Coleus
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posted on
08/08/2007 8:11:54 AM PDT
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
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