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How can cord blood be used?

April 26, 2017blood Cord Used

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How can cord blood be used?

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Cord blood stem cells may be used in place of bone marrow or other sources of stem cells for transplantation and has already been used to treat numerous types of malignancies including certain leukemia’s, Hodgkin’s disease and other types of lymphoma. It has also been used for the treatment of a variety of anemia’s, inherited metabolic disorders and deficiencies of the immune system. The majority of cord blood transplants to date have been performed in patients less than 18 years old and have been sibling or allogeneic (unrelated third party) transplants. Click here to view diseases treated with cord blood.