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IoM 2nd Cord Blood meeting

18 -19 August 2004

The Institute of Medicine study of the National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Program second meeting is scheduled to be held in California. The topics to be addressed are informatics, quality control, ethical and legal issues, and patient support. Three original committee members have been removed and replaced with three new members. Here is the revised committee roster; the period for public comment on the membership expired July 22.

Position papers on the Cord Blood Stem Cell Act of 2003:
NY Blood Center (released May 2004) and
National Marrow Donor Program (released late summer 2004)
Last modified: 05.February 2008
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