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עיברית |
Jewish patients
need genetically
matched cord blood units |
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| Israel is our genetic
homeland |
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| We urgently need
your help now |
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| Israel's most prestigious medical institutions
are cooperating to establish the Israel
Cord Blood Bank so that Jewish patients worldwide will have
access to the genetically matched stem cells that are necessary to
cure a wide range of fatal diseases. |
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| Please help us achieve our immediate
goal of raising the funds needed to collect and store the first 10,000
cord blood units so that patients will have access to the latest medical
treatment. |
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| As a cooperative venture ICBB
must raise funds independently. We need your generous contribution and we
need you to help increase awareness among the worldwide Jewish community
about this important project. |
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All cord
blood units stored in Israel will be available to patients worldwide and
will be listed in the international registries. |
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| Features |
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| Meet Shir'el Levy - a very brave six-year-old
who is fighting to survive. |
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| Just a few months after her birth,
Shir'el was diagnosed with Diamond-Blackfan Disease, a blood
disorder that threatens her life. Shir'el does not produce the
normal red blood cells her body needs. |
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| Every week Shir'el travels to
her local medical center in Holon, Israel for blood tests and
regular blood transfusions. Soon Shir'el's disease will progress
to an advanced and fatal form of Leukemia. |
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| Shir'el's only hope for a cure
is a transplant from a healthy matched donor. Neither her elder
brother nor the two newborn babies in her family can provide
a genetic match. Although her doctors have spent four years
searching through the over 9,000,000 potential unrelated donors
in the worldwide registries there is no match for Shir'el. |
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| What can save her life?
- Cord Blood! |
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| Shir'el is one of thousands of
children and adults who can hope for a cure using stem cell transplantation
from cord blood. As a minority Jewish/Semitic patient the Israel Cord Blood
Bank is her best hope. We need your help to make ICBB a reality, before
it is too late for Shir'el. |
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| Please click below to view our
short documentary film where you will learn more about ICBB and meet Shir'el.
Her story is one that desperately needs to be heard. |
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