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Article: STATE REP. HERSHEY'S BILL TO EXPAND EDUCATION OF UMBILICAL CORD DONATION APPROVED BY STATE HOUSE

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July 17, 2007
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Pennsylvania State Rep. Art Hershey, R-Chester (13th District), issued the following news release:

Providing greater education and awareness of the option to donate umbilical cord blood for medical treatments is the goal of legislation authored by state Rep. Art Hershey (R-Chester) and approved today by the state House.

Umbilical cord blood is the blood that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta after the birth of a newborn child. Stem cells found in umbilical cord blood have been used to successfully treat approximately 80 diseases, including leukemia, sickle cell disease and some metabolic diseases.

"Stem cell research and treatment has been the center of much debate; however, this ...

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