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© 2008, Northern California Umbilical Cord Blood Bank. All rights reserved. |
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Joanne Pang 1993—2003 |
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CORD BLOOD
Non-controversial umbilical cord blood has the power to save the lives of people with many blood disorders—including leukemia and sickle cell anemia—but most cord blood is discarded. |
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MISSION
The Northern California Umbilical Cord Blood Bank (NCUBB) will be the area’s first public, non-profit cord blood bank. Unlike private cord blood banks, the NCUBB will serve anyone seeking cord blood. |
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HELP
To launch the Northern California Umbilical Cord Blood Bank by Spring 2009 with clinical partner University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Children’s Hospital, we must raise $2.5 million in 2008. |
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Up to 90% of those destined to die due to the shortage of matching, transplantable bone marrow could be saved by cord blood. |
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cord blood for life |