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... have produced positive results. In 1988, a three-year- old girl received a cord blood transplant to treat Fanconi's anemia. In 1991, another child was treated for myelogenous leukemia with cord blood stem cells and the transplant was a success. ...
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... see if they were a match as a bone marrow donor for 4-year-old Montalba resident Emma Routh, who was diagnosed with Fanconi Anemia at age 3, a rare blood disease that can affect all systems of the body. Many FA patients eventually develop acute ...
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While Fanconi anemia is a rare and dangerous disease, new laboratory research at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center shows it may lead researchers toward clues in more common diseases, including highly hereditary types of breast cancer.
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