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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Since opening in 1991, the South Texas Blood & |
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Tissue Center National Marrow Donor Program has continually set |
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records for registering potential donors, and in its 17th year of |
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service, it registered a record 16,635 donors; and |
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WHEREAS, The program has also played an increasingly critical |
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role in matching donors and recipients, resulting in some 479 |
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marrow and peripheral stem cell transplants, and it has further |
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distinguished itself through its registry of Hispanic donors, one |
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of the largest of its kind in the United States; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2008, STBTC celebrated a major achievement, when |
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the National Marrow Donor Program designated it an official |
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Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Collection Center; after stem cells are |
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collected and processed at STBTC, they are hand delivered by staff |
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to hospitals across the globe for transplantation in matching |
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patients; and |
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WHEREAS, A source of hope and renewed health for countless |
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people, the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center National Marrow Donor |
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Program serves patients throughout the United States and beyond, |
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and its significant lifesaving efforts are indeed worthy of special |
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recognition; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center |
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National Marrow Donor Program on its record-setting donor registry |
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and extend sincere best wishes for continued success to all those |
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associated with this vital organization; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center National Marrow |
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Donor Program as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of |
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Representatives. |