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DOC 9.0.1.105.9.SA V1 Effective date: 5 May 2017
Who can use banked umbilical cord blood?
THE GOAL OF A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT / BLOOD STEM
CELL TRANSPLANT IS TO TREAT AND/OR CURE CERTAIN TYPES
OF BLOOD RELATED DISEASES.
Banked umbilical cord blood can potentially provide easier
access to a stem cell transplant.
Studies have shown that cord blood transplants can be performed in cases where the
donor and the recipient are only partially matched, depending, for example, on the
number of stem cells in the collection. In contrast, bone marrow transplants require a
perfect match in most cases
Your baby's cord blood stem cells will always be:
The good news is that with
umbilical cord blood stem
cells, you don't always
need a perfect match.
This increases your
chances of finding a
matching donor.
Autologous:
using your own stem cells
Syngeneic:
using stem cells from an identical twin
100%/PERFECT MATCH
Allogeneic:
using an unrelated donor's stem cells
(recruited through the South African
Bone Marrow Registry)
AT LEAST A HALF MATCH
Haplo-identical:
using stem cells from
biological parents
25% CHANCE OF BEING
A PERFECT MATCH FOR
1:100 000 CHANCE OF
BEING A PERFECT MATCH
Allogeneic:
using your sibling's stem cells
