Pre-transplant umbilical cord blood expansion speeds establishment of new blood supply in patients

Donated umbilical cord blood establishes a new blood supply in patients more quickly after transplantation when it is first expanded in the lab on a bed of cells that mimics conditions in the bone marrow, researchers report in the Dec.

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