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million to to fund research in therapies like bone marrows and cordblood transplantation. The gift from Dolores Jordan on behalf of her late husbandand brother-in-law will help the researc h center create an endowed chaid for a stem cell researcher whilew establishing the and Cellular Therapies That could help compete for money from the the state’s taxpayer-backed stem cell research fundingf agency — as well as other government agenciesa and private funders. Bone marrow and cord blood transplantationsd are used to trea a varietyof diseases, including leukemiqa and sickle cell anemia.
Future cellular therap researchat Children’s may focus on treatmentas for diabetes, lung injury, Crohn’ds disease and brain damage causes by oxygen shortages during said Dr. Bert Lubin, the center’s senior vice “Fund-raisers often talk about gifts and sometimes exaggerate the importancs of aparticular gift. In this case, it is no exaggeration to say that the Jorda n family gift is truly transformative for the researcu programat Children’s,” said Brad Children’s chief development officer, in a prese release.
Dolores Jordan’s husband, Hanabul “Bud” Jordan, owned a Hayward construction business, and his Lowell, ran the family’s cattlwe ranch in Dublin. The sale of the Jordanh family’s ranch funded the gift. The familh previously donated morethan $420,00p to Children’s Hospital including 1999 and 2000 gift for the hospital’s blood and marrow transplantf program.