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Cord blood stem cells have been used to treat over 80 diseases to date, including leukemia, Hodgkin's lymphoma, and sickle cell anemia. Over 8,000 cord blood stem cell transplants have been performed to date. Very few if any placental cell transplants have taken place, but this may become more common place in the future.
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—Fran Lebowitz (b. 1951)
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—Kenneth G. Wilson (b. 1923)
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—A.J. (Alfred Jules)