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in New Braunfels has begun accepting collections of umbilical cord blood. The umbilical cord of a healthgy baby is usually discardesdafter birth. Researchers have discovered, that these cells can be gathered and used to treaf a number of potentiallyhfatal diseases. Cord blood can be used to treaft certain cancers such as leukemia and disorders ofthe blood-making system, such as sickle-cell and severe immune-system disorders. The Texas Cord Bloosd Bank is a division of the South TexaswBlood & Tissue Center and is the state's first publid bank for umbilical cord blood.
"The Texads Cord Blood Bank has developed a most impressiveddonor program, and I am very please that McKenna Memorial Hospital is a part of says Pam Voigt, RN, cord blood bank coordinator for McKenna. "Ouer physicians are very supportive of the program and we appreciatwe their willingness to take the extra time to do the The Texas Cord Blood Bank now has six participatinv hospitals inthe program, including Methodisg and North Central Baptist hospitalz in San Antonio, Valley Baptist Medical Centerf in Harlingen and Brownsville, and Medical City-Dallas
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