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London MEP visits tissue-typing lab helping to save lives

On January 20, 2012

Marina Yannakoudakis, MEP for London and Conservative Health Spokesman in the European Parliament visited the laboratories of the transplant charity the Anthony Nolan Trust near the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead today.

Marina is currently authoring a European Parliament report on the voluntary donation of tissues and cells. The aim of her visit was to […]

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Local MEP visits life-saving cord blood collection centre in North London

On January 6, 2012

Marina Yannakoudakis, MEP for London and Conservative Health Spokesman in the European Parliament today visited the Cord Blood Bank Collection Room at Barnet General Hospital to learn more about how umbilical cord blood stem cells can be used to treat cancer, immune deficiencies and genetic disorders.

Marina met with representatives of the NHS Blood and […]

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