WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Jack Reed issued the following press release:
In a big step toward enhancing patient access to life-saving bone marrow and cord blood transplants, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) today unanimously voted to advance U.S Senator Jack Reed's (D-RI) bipartisan bill, the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2026 (S.4109 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4109/cosponsors)). This legislation will advance medical research, improve patient outcomes, and ensure that America's bone marrow transplantation program and the National Cord Blood Inventory can continue to save lives and provide treatments and therapies derived from adult stem cell lin...