Thursday, December 22, 2005
President Bush signs Umbilical Cord Bill into law

I was very pleased to hear that the Umbilical Cord Adult Stem Cell bill passed by Congress was just signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 20, 2005. This bill will help Adult Stem Cell Research and not embryonic stem cell research.

The measure would provide $79 million in federal funding for the collection and storage of umbilical cord blood. It provides a total of $265 million for life-saving stem cell therapeutic therapy, cord blood and bone marrow treatment. The bill also reauthorizes the national bone marrow transplant system, combining it and the cord blood in the same database. (SOURCE: Life News)

1 comment(s):

del_button August 30, 2009 at 2:54 PM
cord blood information said...

In my very strong opinion, banking cord blood should not be controversial what-so-ever. In fact, due to benefits the cord blood may one day offer if ever necessary, banking it should become a requirement or automatic.

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