Umbilical cord blood can help leukemia patients
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For decades, leukemia patients have had to rely on finding a bone marrow donor to give them a new supply of blood cells. Now, two studies show that adult patients can safely use umbilical cord to help them rebuild their health.
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NEW YORK  - A slight delay in cutting the umbilical cord of a preterm infant may reduce the need for blood transfusions and prevent brain hemorrhage, according to a new report in.
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Babies who are breastfed have a lower risk of developing childhood leukemia, according to a new analysis of 14 studies by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Pediatricians push the ultimate biological insurance policy -- a stash of umbilical cord blood to battle future illness -- as the government sets up a national blood-banking system. By the Associated Press.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The Food and Drug Administration is giving hope to children with Leukemia that don&#39;t respond to traditional treatments.
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Children being treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) seem more able to deal with their treatment if their levels of antioxidants don't drop too much, new study findings suggest.
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EDMONTON - Blood from umbilical cords of newborns can be used in place of bone marrow for some adults with leukemia, doctors say. Bone marrow transplants are used to restore the immune systems of leukemia patients after radiation and chemotherapy.
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Giving children with type 1 diabetes an  infusion of blood saved from their own umbilical cords helped  reduce the severity of their disease, U.S. researchers said on  Monday.
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MONDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with diseases such as leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome who receive a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) have an increased long-term risk of developing a cancer, a Canadian study says.
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NEW YORK  - A slight delay in cutting the  umbilical cord of a preterm infant may reduce the need for  blood transfusions and prevent brain hemorrhage, according to a  new report in.
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Newborn babies with brain damage could one day be treated by stem cell therapy using cells taken from their bone marrow, scientists say.
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LONDON - Babies with high levels of allergy antibodies in their umbilical cord blood may be more prone to develop asthma, new research suggests.
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Early diet may play an important role in protecting against childhood leukemia, according to new Loyola University Medical Center research.
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Luke Do was a lively 18-month-old awaiting the birth of his first sibling when he was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. The hopes of his parents, both doctors in San Jose, Calif., immediately turned to a bone marrow transplant, but they soon learned some distressing news &#151; Luke's ethnic heritage made him a tough match.
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NEW YORK  - U.S. investigators have found  that children who ate oranges and bananas or drank orange juice  most days of the week before age 2 were significantly less  likely than other children to be diagnosed with leukemia before  age 14.
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A blood test has been developed which counts cancer cells in the advanced breast cancer patientâs blood stream and tells whether the treatment is successful.
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Breastfeeding for even a few months may lower the odds that a child will develop leukemia, a new research review suggests. The analysis of 14 studies conducted since