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Food | Travel | Health | Cars Home > Cities > ChennaiStem cell bank gets harvesting equipment
W Anand (extreme right), Rotary Club Governor of district 3230, after the inauguration of stem cell harvesting equipment at Jeevan Blood Bank and Rese
Express News ServiceFirst Published : 26 Nov 2009 03:29:00 AM ISTLast Updated :
CHENNAI: A city-based stem cell bank on Wednesday urged the Rotary Foundation to add stem cells to the bouquet of projects it runs at the national level. Dr Saranya Narayan, co-founder and medical director of Jeevan Blood Bank and Research Centre, made the request after receiving a stem cell harvesting equipment that was donated by the Rotary Club of Madras East, along with RI District 3230, Rotary Foundation and Rotary Club of Makati Ayala. The equipment, costing about Rs 25 lakh, will be used to recover stem cells from cord blood donated to Jeevan’s stem cell bank.
With 42,000 registered childbirths everyday, India can contribute substantially towards the cure of blood and blood-related diseases through stem cells, Dr Narayan said. Stem cells, she said, could be used to treat both thalassemia and leukemia.
Speaking on the club’s anti-polio efforts, Rotarian W Anand, governor, RI District 3230, said the disease could be eradicated in India in three years, with efforts by both the Rotary Foundation and the Indian government.
Recalling the Rotary Foundation’s global role in the eradication of polio, Anand said serious efforts should be made to make India polio-free.
