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To: Gator who wrote (309)	12/11/1998 7:34:00 PM
From: waldo	Respond to of 1084

CBS, NBC, Several local newspapers, Dow Jones News Wire, Reuters, PR newswire, Businesswire....rumor of New York Times....and the BBC....this is going global: >>"Now when we get up in the morning, we know that when we go to bed at night we will have our daughters." << Umbilical cord transplant could save children Kim and David Gosey: ,Daughters saved by transplant Children suffering from potentially fatal disorders have been given hope of survival by the development of umbilical cord blood transplants. US scientists have successfully used the technique to treat children suffering from genetic disorders. Until now the only hope for these children was to give them a bone marrow transplant to stimulate their body to produce its own marrow. But if a bone marrow transplant is to succeed the recipient and donor's blood type must be a perfect match or the transplanted cells will attack the host's body, causing potentially fatal disease. news.bbc.co.uk Waldo