Cord Blood From Shanghai To Singapore
Related News: Cord Blood Stem CellsAs this is the first time that a sample of umbilical cord blood is sent abroad, from the Shanghai Stem Cell Bank to Singapore, the bank officials said they decided to offer it for free. The bank is the biggest in storing over 50,000 samples of umbilical cord blood.
The cord blood is sent over to help a middle-aged woman with leukemia. Her family has previously contacted stem cell banks in Taiwan, Singapore as well as on the mainland.
Song Hongying, director of the Shanghai Stem Cell Bank, said that their primary check has found this matching sample and that further exams are conducted by professionals.
The sample was donated by a mother who delivered a baby in June.
Posted on August 22, 2005 05:29 PM