Ethical and legal issues surrounding the decision-making process for donating and banking Umbilical Cord Blood

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/512416

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Altruistic donation of umbilical cord blood (UCB) is essential to provide a source of stem cells to treat various cancers and blood-immune disorders. However, parents can instead, bank UCB for personal use. This project will determine if parents are aware and understand differences between UCB donation and banking, as well as analysing the legal issues surrounding both processes. We aim to make recommendations to improve the decision-making process with the hope of increasing UCB donation rates.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2012

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $417,550.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ophthalmology and optometry not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

bioethics | cancer and related disorders | ethical guidelines | haematopoietic stem cell transplantation | informed consent | legal issues | leukaemia | transplantation

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