tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469354586679171673.post2035386219354569015..comments2023-12-22T04:20:28.254-05:00Comments on Shelley's "Life's a Beach" Blog: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's 2011 Light the Night Awards PartyShelley Noldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15754737331270783298noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469354586679171673.post-14253920886615514142012-06-08T07:22:29.144-04:002012-06-08T07:22:29.144-04:00When Mary was pregnant with her second child, her ...When Mary was pregnant with her second child, her 4-year-old son Quentin was diagnosed with leukemia. Quentin’s diagnosis spurred doctors to harvest stem cells from the cord blood and placenta of Quentin’s little sister when she was born later that year. Within three years, as a result of participation in a multicenter clinical trial focusing on the use of placenta-derived stem cells combined with umbilical cord blood stem cells, Quentin was in remission from leukemia and enjoying life as a first-grader.<br /><br />http://cordadvantage.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com