Cord Blood: Donations

The Need for Cord Blood Donations

Posted on 28 December 2007 | Written by Cord Blood Advisor | Filed under Donations | 0 Responses to this post

Originally, patients who received chemotherapy which wiped out the immune system would receive a transplant  of blood Stem Cells (”hematopoetic” Stem Cells) from the bone marrow of a matched donor. The USA National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) maintains a public registry of adults who are willing to consider bone marrow donation, and similar registries […]