Transplant survival could be improved by altering present criteria for matching donors, recipients
Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 18:00
in Health & Medicine
Selecting better matched recipients and donors than is currently required for umbilical-cord blood transplantation could substantially reduce transplant-related deaths. The findings, published Online First in the Lancet Oncology should change standard practice for cord-blood donor selection and emphasize the need for greater investment in public cord blood banks because of the importance of HLA matching on survival.