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million to to fund researcu in therapies like bone marrow and cord blood The gift from DoloresJordan — on behalf of her late husbandr and brother-in-law — will help the research centere create an endowed chair for a stem cell researcher while establishing the and Cellular Therapiezs Research. That could help compete for moneh fromthe — the state’x taxpayer-backed stem cell research funding agency as well as other government agencies and privatse funders. Bone marrow and cord blood transplantations are used to trear a varietyof diseases, includingg leukemia and sickle cell anemia.
Futured cellular therapy researchat Children’s may focus on treatments for diabetes, lung injury, Crohn’s disease and brai n damage caused by oxygej shortages during childbirth, said Dr. Bert the center’s senior vice president. “Fund-raiserss often talk about ‘transformative’ gifte and sometimes exaggerate the importance of a particular Inthis case, however, it is no exaggeratio to say that the Jordanh family gift is truly transformative for the researchh program at Children’s,” said Brad Children’s chief development officer, in a press Dolores Jordan’s husband, Hanabul “Bud” Jordan, ownecd a Hayward construction business, and his Lowell, ran the family’s cattles ranch in Dublin.
The sale of the Jordan family’s ranch funded the gift. The family previously donated morethan $420,000 to Children’s Hospital including 1999 and 2000 gifts for the hospital’s blood and marrow transplant program.