8th October is celebrated as the anniversary of the first successful umbilical cord blood transplant that took place in 1988 curing Matthew Farrow of Fanconi anaemia.
Today, 27 years later, he is alive and the lucky recipient of the world's first cord blood transplant.
Pregnancy is often associated only with women. We conveniently ignore the part where a father becomes a support system of this adorable phase in a couple's life. Let's talk about.....
Science has evolved and so has the use of umbilical cord stem cells. What was found to be of limited use earlier is now helpful in treating 80+ diseases......