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The xenogeneic transfer (between different species) of stem cells is still under study. Among these rare disorders, there is the fatal Krabbe Disease, which is characterized by causing severe degeneration of mental and motor skills of the child.
The best source of stem cells has been the bone marrow. An alternative has been opened, a new, better choice for our health needs. We all know that blood saves lives, and most of us are familiar with the importance of donating blood when and if we can. Or should you not? In addition to children using donated cord blood to survive the odds, more and more children are using their own cord blood to treat or cure diseases or medical disorders. Two children were both born with severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome that is usually terminal, since the body’s immune system cannot fend off the germs that would otherwise be harmless to a healthy body. Once cord blood goes into storage it should not be removed and transported from location to location if it is at all possible to avoid this. Cord Blood, Cord Blood Banking, Umbilical Cord Blood

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Title: Establishment of National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Program inching its way through Congress.
Publication: Transplant News (Newsletter)
Date: March 9, 2004
Publisher: Transplant Communications, Inc.
Volume: 14 Issue: 5

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