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Biotech / Medical : ASTM-AASTROM BIOSCIENCES: STEM CELL RESEARCH

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To: Curbstone who wrote (308)12/12/1998 1:55:00 AM
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More news, from last week, this time from CNN

Researchers: Umbilical cord blood can treat immune disorders

December 6, 1998

Web posted at: 3:51 p.m. EST (2051 GMT)
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'New hope for children'
As effective as bone marrow
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Children who once might have died because of inherited immune disorders can get a second chance at life with a transplant of donated "cord blood" from the umbilical cord, doctors said on Sunday.

They said 80 percent of children under the age of 2 who would otherwise die lived when they got such transplants. <snip>

Full text:http://cnn.com/HEALTH/9812/06/health.cord.reut/index.html
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