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Umbilical cord blood is one of the hematopoietic sources that are rich in adult stem cells. The umbilical cord which supports the fetus during pregnancy, is delivered with the baby and is typically discarded. Umbilical cord blood, like bone marrow and mobilized peripheral blood, is rich in potentially life-saving stem cells called hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs). When they are transplanted, HPCs are effective for the treatment of blood disorders (e.g., leukemia, selected metabolic disorders immunodeficiencies, and sickle cell anemia) and in recent years have been transplanted to more than 25,000 people in the United States alone. Increasingly, these transplants are performed with HPCs derived from cord blood.Compared to Embryonic Stem Cells (ESC), there are none of the ethical issues regarding the use of cord blood stem cells. Since the first successful umbilical cord blood transplants in children with Fanconi anemia, the collection of cord blood and cellular therapeutic use has..

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