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Study Findings:

Umbilical cord blood, usually discarded after childbirth, could save the lives of thousands of adult leukemia patients who can’t find a bone marrow donor.
Cord blood transplants work even though cord blood doesn’t restore the immune system as quickly and effectively as bone marrow from a perfectly matched donor. It worked as well or better […]

Study Findings:

Heavy babies apparently face a heightened risk of one type of childhood leukemia.
Each kilogram increase in birth weight appears to increase the risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia by 26%.
In contrast, high birth weight does not seem to raise the risk of acute myeloid leukemia.

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