Stem cell centre launched


KUALA LUMPUR: The search for suitable blood stem cell donors in Malaysia will be made more efficient with the setting up of the National Stem Cell Coordinating Centre.

Health Ministry’s Medical Deve­lopment director Datuk Dr Azmi Shapie said the centre, which started operations in March, had the database of all registered donors, whether peripheral blood, bone marrow, or umbilical cord blood.

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