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When was cord blood first used for a stem cell transplant?

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When was cord blood first used for a stem cell transplant?

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In 1988 in France, a patient received umbilical cord blood stem cells for a transplant to treat Fanconi anemia. In the 20 years since then, thousands of successful transplants have been done using cord blood as a substitute for bone marrow.