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Arizona cord blood used in life-saving treatments, research
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Arizona cord blood used in life-saving treatments, research

By Eugene Livar|2022-11-15T12:14:42-07:00November 15th, 2022|Preparedness|

Today, Nov. 15, is World Cord Blood Day, which calls attention to how stem cells that remain in the placenta and umbilical cord after a child is born help doctors treat more than 80 life-threatening diseases. There have been more than 40,000 cord blood stem cell transplants since a French doctor first used the procedure [...]

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Blazing Frontiers: A Successful 2017 Arizona Public Cord Blood Conference
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Blazing Frontiers: A Successful 2017 Arizona Public Cord Blood Conference

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Blazing Frontiers: A Successful 2017 Arizona Public Cord Blood Conference

By Cara Christ|2017-04-18T09:43:34-07:00April 18th, 2017|Preparedness|

On April 13, the Arizona Biomedical Research Commission and the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix held the Second Annual Arizona Cord Blood Conference: Blazing Frontiers. The Arizona Public Cord Blood Program was created to advance the collection of and increase the number of cord blood units available for transplantation. Umbilical cord blood, [...]

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