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UM171 Expansion of Cord Blood Improves Donor Availability and HLA Matching For All Patients, Including Minorities
18 Mar 2022
Abstract excerpt
Cord blood (CB) stem cell transplantation offers a greater tolerance to HLA mismatches compared to adult-derived stem cell transplants (i.e., bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells). Indeed, 4/6 or 5/8 HLA-matched CB transplantations are regularly performed for patients lacking a matched unrelated donor. Unfortunately, most banked CB units contain a stem cell dose that is too small to treat adult patients,...
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