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PoweredbyCordBloodTransplantsSaveLivesPosted:8:08PMSep5,2007LastUpdated:8:08PMSep5,2007Reporter:FidaGeorgesEmailAddress:fida.
georges@wbko.
comRecently,wetoldyouabouteight-month-oldJacksonBlackfordwhowasbornblindbecauseofararecondition.
HeisonhiswaytoChinatoreceivetreatmentthatusesumbilicalcordstemcellinjectionsfromhealthybabies.
Althoughthisisn'tanewprocedure,manypeoplearen'tawarethatpregnantmothersevenhavethisoptionbecausetherearen'tmanypubliccordbloodregistriesavailable.
Wehavethestoryofanareagirlwhoselifewassavedbecauseofasimpledonationthatinmanycasesgetsthrownaway.
Takeonelookatnine-year-oldPresleyNashinherTaeKwonDoclass,andit'shardtobelieveshewasbornwithageneticdisorderthatusuallyresultsinprematuredeath.
Ithasbeenfiveyearssinceshe'sreceivedalifesavingcordbloodtransplantandallshehasnowarehappymemories.
"Igettoseeallmyteachersandfriendsandrunandplay,"Nashsaid.
ButhergrandmotherMarthaHouchinwillneverforget.
"PresleywasclosetodeathmanytimesandIbargainedandsaidIwilleducatetheworldaboutcordblood,"Houchinassured.
She'sanO.
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educatorforTheMedicalCenterandsaidit'ssoeasyandpainlesstodonateyourbaby'sumbilicalcordblood.
Apublicregistrywillpickitupfreeofchargeoryoucansaveyourownthroughaprivateregistry.
"Thecordbloodhasstemcellsandthesestemcellscanbasicallyreproducewithinthebody,"Houchinsaid.
StemcellsPresleyreceivedcreatedanenzymeherbodydidn'tproduceonitsown.
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Sobycreatingawholenewsystem,sheisnowcompletelyfreeofthisdiseaseanddoesn'tneedanymedication.
Houchinsaidcordbloodtransplantsarealsobeingusedforotherillnessessuchasleukemia,Alzheimer'sandspinalcordinjuries.
"Withbonemarrow,eightoutofeightmarkershavetomatch,withcordbloodonlyfivehavetomatch,"shecontinued.
ForPresley,it'sanotherTaeKwonDoclass.
ButforMartha,it'sanotherdaytospreadthewordandsavealife.
Houchinsaidittakesaverysmallamountofbloodfromtheumbilicalcordtogenerateawholenewsysteminyourbody.
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