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Why are doctors turning to cord blood rather than bone marrow?

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Why are doctors turning to cord blood rather than bone marrow?

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Doctors are turning to cord blood rather than bone marrow for a few reasons. Once is that bone marrow is difficult to match between the recipient and donar. Normally a perfect match is required in most instances. However, since cord blood cells are the youngest of the cells, it can be used successfully even if there is less than a perfect match.