Hidden Nook points out another non-embryonic stem cell success story:
In 2000, a woman donated the blood from her newborn daughter's umbilical cord so scientists could pull precious stem cells from it and freeze them. Two years later, those donated cells saved Kathy Conway's son from leukemia.Fortunately Congress has approved a $20 million expenditure to help establish a national cord blood banking system that would enable doctors to find donor matches throughout the country. It would also inform pregnant women about their options regarding the uses of the umbilical cord and how it can be used as an asset for their kids and next of kin."It came to us in this unassuming little syringe, from a mom who had no idea what she was truly doing," said Conway of Poland, Ohio, whose son Daniel is now a healthy 16-year-old.
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