Stem Cell Use Is Blood Bank's Gain

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Of the thousands of stem cell transplants performed annually worldwide on cancer patients, just 1 to 2 percent use samples taken from umbilical cord blood and placentas donated by the mothers of newborns.

But that figure is expected to rise dramatically in the next decade to as high as 50 percent, if stem cell researchers and advocates are correct in their projections.

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Stem Cell Use Is Blood Bank's Gain

And if they are, the Community Blood Services of Paramus stands to benefit from the improved efficiency and productivity achieved by its recent merger with the cord blood operat...

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