[Role of the government for development of umbilical cord blood bank system in Japan].
In Japan, development of umbilical cord blood transplantation is still on its preliminary stage. However, the nation-wide requests for dissemination of cord blood is growing. The Ministry of Health and Welfare established the "Committee on Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation" last year and the committee has made the action plan to develop the nation-wide cord blood bank system. Our society is going to start the collaborative projects cooperated with medical professionals, politicians and community people.
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Office of Organ Transplantation, Health Service Bureau, Ministry of Health and Welfare.
D001771:Blood Banks / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005312:Fetal Blood; D006077:Government Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan