Stem cell news you aren’t hearing about

Because it’s not embryonic stem cells that have given life and hope.

A Leicestershire woman is calling for umbilical cords to be saved after her daughter’s leukaemia was treated with stem cells from a US donor bank.

Umbilical cord stem cells.

Mrs Winston Hart called for a larger and more intigrated system of cord blood banks to be set up.

She said: “I feel this is something the government needs to invest more money into.

“Childhood cancers are on the increase and something needs to be done about this. It is a natural, life-saving resource that is currently being wasted.”

She added: “If it wasn’t for that one couple who decided to freeze the blood from that cord, then Eva might not be here today.”

This is where the success is, and this is where the money – and attention – should be. It’s perfectly moral, and hopeful.