Why is cord blood becoming more popular than bone marrow?
Cord Blood is easier to match – thus it ensures higher survival chances Bone marrow on the other hand, is difficult to match. While Cord blood immune cells are less mature than in bone marrow and can be successfully used even when there is only a half-match. Thus there is higher opportunity for transplants between family members when cord blood is stored. Studies have shown that survival chances for related transplants are more than twice than the survival chances of transplants from unrelated donors.
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