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What is the history of cord blood transplantation?

April 26, 2017blood Cord History transplantation

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What is the history of cord blood transplantation?

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Umbilical cord blood was first used for transplantation in 1988, in France, for a patient with Fanconi’s anemia; a disease-free sibling was the donor. Since that time, cord blood has been increasingly used as a substitute for bone marrow in thousands of successful transplants.

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Umbilical cord blood was first used for transplantation in 1988, in France, for a patient with Fanconi’s anemia. Since that time, cord blood has been increasingly used as a substitute for bone marrow in many successful transplants. To date, there have been more than 8,000 cord blood transplants worldwide.

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Umbilical cord blood was first used for transplantation in 1988, in France, for a patient with Fanconi’s anemia. Since that time, cord blood has been increasingly used as a substitute for bone marrow in many successful transplants. To date, there have been over 2000+ transplants.