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Release Date: 1 February 2007
Dr David Grant, Scientific Director of Leukaemia Research, said: “In the UK alone there are approximately 40 children a year with a variety of diseases of the blood, including leukaemia, whose best chance of survival is a cord blood transplant.
“Over the past 40 years Leukaemia Research has funded a great deal of research into improving the effectiveness of transplants. As a result, the success rates have risen and the need for more donors has increased.
“Therefore, we welcome any initiative which increases the effective availability of cord blood stem cells for public use.”
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