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What are the current medical uses of umbilical cord blood?

April 26, 2017blood Cord medical umbilical uses

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What are the current medical uses of umbilical cord blood?

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Umbilical cord blood stem cells are mostly used in stem cell transplantation to replace bone marrow cells. For reasons yet unknown, these cells pose less of a risk for rejection when compared to bone marrow stem cells. Due to the limited amount of cord blood, there is generally an insufficient number of cells for adult transplants. (Ballen KK, Blood 2005;105:3786; Chen BJ et al.