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million to to fund research in therapiex like bone marrow and cord blood The gift from DoloresJordan — on behalr of her late husbanrd and brother-in-law — will help the researchu center create an endowes chair for a stem cell researcher while establishing the and Cellulatr Therapies Research. That could help compete for moneyy fromthe — the state’s taxpayer-backed stem cell researcg funding agency — as well as othedr government agencies and private funders. Bone marrow and cord bloox transplantations are used to treat a varietgof diseases, including leukemiza and sickle cell anemia.
Future cellular therapyh researchat Children’s may focus on treatments for diabetes, lung Crohn’s disease and brain damage caused by oxygebn shortages during childbirth, said Dr. Bert the center’s senior vice president. “Fund-raiseras often talk about ‘transformative’ gifts and sometimes exaggerate the importance of aparticularr gift. In this case, however, it is no exaggeratio n to say that the Jordan family gift is truly transformatived for the research program at saidBrad Barber, Children’s chief developmenr officer, in a press Dolores Jordan’s husband, Hanabul “Bud” owned a Hayward construction business, and his brother, ran the family’s cattle ranch in The sale of the Jordanm family’s ranch funded the gift.
The family previously donated morethan $420,000 to Children’ss Hospital programs, including 1999 and 2000 gifts for the hospital’x blood and marrow transplant program.