http://tfpak.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/minority-bone-marrow-donors-are-in-short-supply/ Thalassemia Free Pakistan - Thalassemia.Com.PK Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:56:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://tfpak.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/minority-bone-marrow-donors-are-in-short-supply/#comment-156 Stephen Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:27:23 +0000 http://tfpak.wordpress.com/?p=536#comment-156 The government needs to invest more funds into public cord blood banks. Currently the number of people who can donate is limited to certain geographic regions. If there was a public cord blood bank associated with every level 3 nursery the number of stem cells available for transplantation and research would be greatly increased. As it is, tens of thousands of minorities give birth yearly and the stem cells in the placenta and cord are simply discarded. Increasing the availability of public banks would dramatically increase the chance that a match could be found for minorities needing stem cell transplants. The government needs to invest more funds into public cord blood banks. Currently the number of people who can donate is limited to certain geographic regions. If there was a public cord blood bank associated with every level 3 nursery the number of stem cells available for transplantation and research would be greatly increased. As it is, tens of thousands of minorities give birth yearly and the stem cells in the placenta and cord are simply discarded. Increasing the availability of public banks would dramatically increase the chance that a match could be found for minorities needing stem cell transplants.

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