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"en.20120911.32.2-451-125"2
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"The report explores current Member State trends in the voluntary and unpaid donation of tissues and cells and makes recommendations in order to improve the quality of life for people throughout Europe and increase the flow of donations between Member States. It lays down the basic principle that donations must be voluntary and carried out on a non-profit basis in a transparent environment. The report gives particular focus to the donation of cord blood necessary for the extraction of stem cells, as there is increasingly solid proof that stem cells can be used to treat diseases, including children’s illnesses. At the same time, the report concludes that despite all this, stem cells from cord blood are only stored at 1% of total births in the EU. The report therefore encourages mothers to donate cord blood and tissue to public or private banks when giving birth, urges information campaigns, expects each Member State to establish at least one public bank for cord blood, encourages private and public cell banks to engage in close cooperation in order to increase the availability and exchange of cord blood and tissue at both national and EU level, and stresses the importance of the establishment of, and compliance with, EU-level standards for both private and public cell banks. For these reasons, I voted in favour of the report."@en1
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