News and Information About GA Senate Bill 148, the `Saving the Cure` Act
Dear Senator Shafer:
The Medical Association of Georgia supports Senate Bill 148, the Saving the Cure Act.
We recognize the scientific and medical value of umbilical cord blood and other postnatal tissues. We support creation of the Georgia Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank to collect and store postnatal tissue and fluid for life saving research and medical [...]
Posted on March 30th, 2007 by admin
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Dear Senator Shafer:
The Georgia Society of Clinical Oncology agrees that the controversy over embryonic stem cell research should not stand in the way of advancing other types of stem cell research that can be helpful to those with cancer and other medical conditions. In that spirit, we support Senate Bill 148, the “Saving the Cure [...]
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Dear Senator Shafer:
I write to express support for your efforts to create a Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank in Georgia contained in Senate Bill 148.
Stem cell research can lead to many opportunities in addressing disease that disproportionately affect minority communities in Georgia and across the nation. Disease and conditions such as anemia, leukemia, lymphoma and [...]
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Dear Senator Shafer:
I write to express our enthusiastic support of Senate Bill 148, Saving the Cure Act (Keone’s Law).
Stem cells from nonembryonic sources like umbilical cord blood have been shown effective in treating sickle cell anemia, but sickle cell patients often have trouble locating cells that are a close enough “match.” Your bill creates an [...]
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Dear Senator Shafer:
The American Sickle Cell Anemia Association is pleased to express our strong support for your Senate Bill 148, the Saving the Cure Act (Keone’s Law). We applaud your effort to create a Georgia Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank and advance medical research involving noncontroversial, nonembryonic stem cells.
Sickle cell anemia is among the many [...]
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