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Stem Cell Treatment

Dear All:

Does anyone have any idea if stem cell therapy from your newly born child either before or after you have been diagnosed with CML works ? Does anyone have any information on this as i understand some amazing advances in medical research shows approx 80 blood.related issues can be solved through stem cell therapies that are out there using your childs stem cell which was taken at the time of their birth ?

I'd be surprised if it did - and as I understand it there is no research into this as you child has a genetic mix of you and your partner so matching is not simple.

CML is genetic, but not hereditary. Your child is very (very, very) unlikely to be a HLA match, whereas a sibling has a 1 in 4 chance. Even then, this is for transplant which few of us need. 

David.