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How successful are cord blood transplants?

April 26, 2017blood Cord successful transplants

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How successful are cord blood transplants?

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Cord blood transplants have been demonstrated to be at least as successful as bone marrow in the cases in which they have been used. By comparison, cord blood has other advantages over bone marrow, including ease of collection and better tolerance of HLA mismatches.

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Cord blood transplants have been demonstrated to be as successful as bone marrow in the cases in which they have been used. By comparison, cord blood has other advantages over bone marrow, including ease of collection and better tolerance of HLA mismatches and easy availability.

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The first cord blood transplant was done in France in 1988 and since then more than 3500 transplants have been conducted worldwide with success. In Malaysia, University Hospital has done 31 successful cord blood transplants to date.