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The Chiapas Health Secretariat signed a collaboration agreement with the National Blood Transfusion Center on Monday to share stem cells.
The agreement establishes that the Chiapas Health Secretariat will collect placental blood and send it to National Blood Transfusion Center so it can be used for therapeutic purposes or in clinical research.
Stem cell therapy is currently used in bone marrow transplants for patients recovering from leukemia and lymphoma, as the incredible regenerative abilities of stem cells allows patients to rapidly recover from chemotherapy, which kills off most of the growing cells in a patient’s body.
Doctors expect that stem cell therapy can one day be used to treat a wide range of conditions, including diabetes, infertility and degenerative brain conditions such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, but more research needs to be conducted.
Gov. Manuel Velasco Coello said that this collaboration agreement shows that Chiapas is working to apply better health policies. Velasco Coello said that Chiapas wants to position itself on the cutting edge of medical innovation and take advantage of the benefits of the latest technology, so that the state’s entire population will have access to improved medical services.
Velasco Coello invited pregnant women to voluntarily donate umbilical cord blood after they give birth, which he said would set an example for the rest of Chiapas and create an altruistic culture of organ donation.
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