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Cord blood service to debut
By Allison M. Heinrichs
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Monday, October 8, 2007
Women giving birth in Pittsburgh will have the option to make an altruistic decision with life-saving potential starting today.
The region's first public-private umbilical cord blood collection service is being offered through Magee-Womens Hospital in Oakland, officials are expected to announce this morning.
"The clinical uses of umbilical stem cells have become increasingly possible for treatments for patients with a variety of disorders, whether they be malignancies from leukemia or sickle-cell anemia," said Dr. Dennis English, vice president of medical affairs at Magee.
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Larger textLarger text Smaller textSmaller text
Cord blood service to debut
By Allison M. Heinrichs
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Monday, October 8, 2007
Women giving birth in Pittsburgh will have the option to make an altruistic decision with life-saving potential starting today.
The region's first public-private umbilical cord blood collection service is being offered through Magee-Womens Hospital in Oakland, officials are expected to announce this morning.
"The clinical uses of umbilical stem cells have become increasingly possible for treatments for patients with a variety of disorders, whether they be malignancies from leukemia or sickle-cell anemia," said Dr. Dennis English, vice president of medical affairs at Magee.
READ FULL ARTICLE (http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_531510.html)