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To: Curbstone who wrote (308)	12/11/1998 4:57:00 PM
From: Gator	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1084

Agreed, just a matter of time. Gator

To: Curbstone who wrote (308)	12/12/1998 1:26:00 AM
From: Curbstone	Respond to of 1084

From the December 1st issue of the New York Times Online: you will need to register to read the entire article (no mention of ASTM) December 1, 1998 The Hope, and Hype, of Cord Blood -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Related Article Expanded Coverage of Science and Health -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By DENISE GRADY Should parents pay a blood bank to store the blood from their newborn baby's umbilical cord and placenta, in case that child or another family member ever needs it to treat cancer or leukemia? <snip> search.nytimes.com

To: Curbstone who wrote (308)	12/12/1998 1:55:00 AM
From: Curbstone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1084

More news, from last week, this time from CNN Researchers: Umbilical cord blood can treat immune disorders December 6, 1998 Web posted at: 3:51 p.m. EST (2051 GMT) In this story: 'New hope for children' As effective as bone marrow Related stories and sites WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Children who once might have died because of inherited immune disorders can get a second chance at life with a transplant of donated "cord blood" from the umbilical cord, doctors said on Sunday. They said 80 percent of children under the age of 2 who would otherwise die lived when they got such transplants. <snip> Full text:http://cnn.com/HEALTH/9812/06/health.cord.reut/index.html