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Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplants The first successful cord blood stem cell transplant was performed in 1988 in Paris, France The patient was a boy with Fanconi anemia, a genetic and potentially life-threatening type of anemia Cord blood stem cell transplants have now been given successfully to patients (mostly children) with some 70 diseases, including acute lymphocytic leukemia (also called
Bone Marrow Transplant Program - Cord blood transplant Cord blood has fewer stem cells available than other bone marrow transplant options But the stem cells in cord blood can grow more blood cells than can those collected from bone marrow Cord blood cells are also immunologically naïve because they have not been exposed to infections This makes them more tolerant of a tissue mismatch between the cord cells and the patient They can be used to
Cord blood transplants - Anthony Nolan Cord blood transplants If you’ve found out that you need a stem cell transplant, one of the options available for some people is a cord blood transplant On this page we’ll explain what this means, how it works and why you might need one
Story of discovery: getting a Notch up on cord blood cell . . . Blood stem cell transplants can be life-saving for people with a number of conditions However, it can be challenging to find blood stem cells in needed quantities from a donor whose cells are similar enough to a patient’s cells to be a sufficient “match” for transplantation Cells from bone marrow and from circulating blood have been used in treatments for many years, and blood from the