Study: Sibling umbilical blood transplant cures sickle-cell kids

Elizabeth Fernandez, Chronicle Staff Writer

Children with sickle cell disease were cured following umbilical cord blood transplants from their siblings, according to findings reported Thursday in Washington, D.C., by doctors from Children's Hospital Oakland...

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