Thursday, October 29, 2009

Cord Blood - transplant research

As some of you may know, Ivan donated his umbilical cord blood through the Puget Sound Blood Center after his birth to help with research.

Aunt Ashley told us today that Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is currently getting all of the cord blood from Swedish Hospitals. That means that Ivan's cord blood is likely there right now. They are working on studying transplants right now in the Delaney lab. Let's hope his blood is helping with their research as I write this!

Very exciting. Anyone interested in donating cord blood, go to: http://www.psbc.org/cordblood/ It just might save a life.

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