Health committee  Thanks very much. The issue of having younger donors arises from the fact that the outcomes of transplantation--rejection, etc.--are much lower in patients who receive such a transplant, so I think the impetus in registering those potential donors has to go to that kind of popul

Health committee  Probably Donna would be best. She does cord blood transplants and is an inspector in those cord blood banks. In my understanding, Canada is more or less adopting its own rules about the safety of cord blood banking. But we are in parallel, adopting North American rules. Those c

Health committee  Good morning. I wish to thank the committee for inviting me to speak to this important issue in the role of a transplant physician. When I am facing a patient who has reached the point of requiring a stem cell transplant, and if no family donor has been found, I am asked, with