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2Wagner JE, Barker JN, DeFor TE, et al. Transplantation of unrelated donor umbilical cord blood in 102 patients with malignant and nonmalignant diseases: influence of CD34 cell dose and HLA disparity on treatment-related mortality and survival. Blood. 2002;100(5):1611-1618.
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11Data on file, LifebankUSA; 2008.
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†More than 99% of LifebankUSA® clients who responded to a voluntary survey said they would recommend LifebankUSA to their families and friends.
* All research is conducted using publicly donated placenta-derived stem cells and cord blood stem cells (not embryonic stem cells). The stem cells you privately bank with LifebankUSA are your own and will never be used for research purposes
Additional Resources
Parent’s Guide to Cord Blood Foundation. Diseases treated by blood stem cells. http://parentsguidecordblood.com/content/usa/medical/diseases.html. Updated February 7, 2008. Accessed May 21, 2008.
United Cerebral Palsy Fact Sheet. http://www.ucp.org/ucp_ generaldoc.cfm/1/9/37/37-37/44. Accessed August 21, 2008.)
Pregnancy Weekly. Cord blood banks. http://www.parentingweekly.com/pregnancy/cord_blood_banks/index.asp. Accessed June 24, 2008.
National Marrow Donor Program Web site. Available at: http://www.marrow.org.
" For couples who want to bank the most stem cells possible, LifebankUSA offers the one and only placenta-derived stem cell banking service. Combining these cells with those found in cord blood yields more stem cells and may offer a lifesaving treatment option. I recommend that anyone who is going to bank cord blood also bank placenta-derived stem cells. It does make a difference.”
—Craig Bissinger, MD
• Board-certified OB/GYN who has delivered 5000 babies during 20 years of private practice
• Author.
"In a recent LifebankUSA newsletter, I read about a boy with leukemia who had been saved thanks to LifebankUSA. This, along with a member of my family having died of leukemia, brought home just how important it is to bank stem cells and made me feel thankful that I had the opportunity to store my children's stem cells."
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