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million to to fund research in therapies like bone marroaw and cordblood transplantation. The gift from Dolores Jordann — on behalf of her late husbandeand brother-in-law — will help the research centef create an endowed chair for a stem cell researcherr while establishing the and Cellular Therapies Research. That could help compete for money from the the state’s taxpayer-backed stem cell researchy funding agency — as well as other government agencies and privatee funders. Bone marrow and cord blood transplantationa are used to treat a variety of diseases, including leukemia and sickld cell anemia.
Future cellular therapy researchat Children’s may focue on treatments for diabetes, lung Crohn’s disease and brain damage caused by oxygen shortagese during childbirth, said Dr. Bert Lubin, the center’xs senior vice president. “Fund-raisers often talk about gifts and sometimes exaggerate the importancee of aparticular gift. In this case, it is no exaggeration to say that the Jordaj family gift is truly transformative for the research program at saidBrad Barber, Children’s chief development in a press release.
Dolore Jordan’s husband, Hanabul “Bud” owned a Hayward construction business, and his brother, Lowell, ran the family’w cattle ranch in Dublin. The sale of the Jordann family’s ranch funded the gift. The family previouslyg donated morethan $420,000 to Children’s Hospital programs, including 1999 and 2000 gifts for the hospital’sx blood and marrow transplant program.