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<DIV>South Africa's first state-of-the-art human stem cell bank opens in Cape
Town early next month. Now parents of newborns will be able to take out health
insurance of a different kind by storing umbilical cord stem cells at the bank
which is not only the first in the country, but the first and only one on the
continent.<BR><BR>The stem cells of newborn babies, which are contained in the
blood of the umbilical cord, will be frozen and can be used later in the
treatment of over 45 diseases, including a wide range of cancers, genetic
diseases, immune system deficiencies and blood disorders, should any of these be
contracted by the child.<BR></DIV>
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