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Cord Blood News, Phoenix

MMC Accepts Cord Blood Donations

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Courtney Johns is a twenty-one-year-old mom who just gave birth to baby Albert. She could not afford banking her son’s umbilical cord blood but she did not want to throw it either. That’s why; she decided to donate it to a public cord bank, the Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix.

Baby’s Albert cord blood was the very first unit received by the MMC and Johns instantly became a member of the program.

“Usually they just get thrown away, and if I can help someone else’s baby, I want to do that,” said Johns who feels proud of giving something that doesn’t cost anything but will definitely save a life when someone gets sick.

Dr. Dean Coonrod is also happy with this new project. He assures that MMC will make one deposit to their bank each day.

The minority groups are underrepresented though. These groups are not yet informed by this new medical breakthrough. Several people in this group do not know that an umbilical cord contains stem cells that can cure malignant diseases such as cancers (Acute Leukemia, Chronic Leukemia, Hodgkin & Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Myelodysplastic Syndrome), blood disorders, immune disorders, metabolic disorders, brain injury. cerebral palsy, type-1 diabetes and hearing loss.

The MMC looks forward to reaching out with them and make this project very successful.

Cord Blood News, Phoenix

Cord Blood Donation: The Lifesaving Gift

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Actual figures were released earlier last month by the National Marrow Donor Program “Be-The-Match-Registry” and it reveals acute shortage of donations from minorities. More than sixty percent of donated cord blood came from Caucasians and that’s less than half of 1% of cord blood units from Native Americans.

Only 7% of cord blood units belong to Black and Asian Americans. Those Hispanics also donate but its percentage is less than twenty percent. The Arizona Republic interviewed medical professionals about this issue and they just assumed one of the reasons why minority donations are scarce because they can’t afford the cost of private banking, which include monthly fee and annual storage fee.

This is the main reason why Arizona Biomedical Research Commission extended their hands to cover all those necessary expenses needed in cord blood donation. The state’s Federal Heath Resources Service Administration added funding for the said project amounting to $6.2 million for three to five years. The project is expected to collect 5,000 cord blood units.

This national and lifesaving project as funded by state lottery money just began this summer. In Phoenix Baptist alone the staffs collected roughly 25 units and its first unit came from a Hispanic mom. All units will be stored in Colorado National Bank.

The other two participating hospitals are St. Joseph’s Hospital and Maricopa Medical Center.

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Phoenix Mayo Clinic

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Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale has physician and administrative leaders who are experienced in directing and operating BMT programs, including the highly-specialized billing and managed care contracting aspects of BMT services.

Mayo Clinic
13400 East Shea Blvd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85259
(480) 301-8000
fax (480) 301-7006
(TDD) (480) 301-7683
International Patients Center (480) 301-7101
International Patients Center Fax (480) 301-9310

Mayo Clinic Hospital
5777 East Mayo Boulevard
Phoenix, AZ 85054
(480) 515-6296
fax(480) 342-1138

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Phoenix Children’s Hospital

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Phoenix Children’s Hospital
The Children’s Cancer Center at Phoenix Children’s Hospital (PCH) cares for the majority of pediatric cancer patients in Arizona, and is known statewide as the leader in pediatric cancer treatment.

PCH’s new in-patient hospital and outpatient clinics are designed and equipped exclusively for the care of children. Given the often long-duration of cancer treatment, including the BMT episode of care, Phoenix Children’s Hospital extensive family support programs, including individual counseling, family support groups, school re-entry programs, camps and scholarships, are vital underpinnings to the complete care of these patients.

Phoenix Children’s Hospital
1919 E. Thomas Road
Phoenix, AZ 85016
(602) 546-1000

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Phoenix Cord Blood Programs

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The big news in the Phoenix area is the cooperation between the Phoenix Children’s Hospital Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program and the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale.

With blood marrow transplant (BMT) services previously unavailable in the Valley, families already struggling with the burden of having a child with cancer had to face the additional stress and inconvenience of having a child hospitalized in a distant facility for several months.

Now, the Phoenix Children’s Hospital Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program provided in cooperation with Mayo Clinic will allow families to remain close to home. Private cord blood storage companies also have donatino centers in Phoenix.

Phoenix Children’s Hospital
The ChildrenÕs Cancer Center at Phoenix ChildrenÕs Hospital (PCH) cares for the majority of pediatric cancer patients in Arizona, and is known statewide as the leader in pediatric cancer treatment. PCHÕs new in-patient hospital and outpatient clinics are designed and equipped exclusively for the care of children. Given the often long-duration of cancer treatment, including the BMT episode of care, PCHÕs extensive family support programs, including individual counseling, family support groups, school re-entry programs, camps, and scholarships, are vital underpinnings to the complete care of these patients.

Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale has physician and administrative leaders who are experienced in directing and operating BMT programs, including the highly-specialized billing and managed care contracting aspects of BMT services.

Mayo Clinic
13400 East Shea Blvd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85259
(480) 301-8000
fax (480) 301-7006
(TDD) (480) 301-7683
International Patients Center (480) 301-7101
International Patients Center Fax (480) 301-9310

Mayo Clinic Hospital
5777 East Mayo Boulevard
Phoenix, AZ 85054
(480) 515-6296
fax(480) 342-1138

Phoenix Children’s Hospital
1919 E. Thomas Road
Phoenix, AZ 85016
(602) 546-1000

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