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Paying for stem cell donations may be banned

by StandingTall on Tue Dec 03, 2013 3:41 pm

National Organ Transplant Act of 1984 (in USA) which bans monetary compensation for organ donors now may apply to stem cell aspheresis.

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-10-02/pdf/2013-24094.pdf

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-01/why-it-s-ok-to-pay-bone-marrow-donors.html

http://www.denverpost.com/editorials/ci_24623870/let-science-and-courts-fix-bone-marrow-shortage

StandingTall
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When were you/they diagnosed?: Sept. 2013
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