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To the Editor: The editorial by Dr. Gale (Feb. 9 issue)¹ highlights potential benefits and theoretical obstacles associated with the use of cryopreserved umbilical-cord blood as a source of hematopoietic stem cells. Dr. Gale asks the valid, though outdated, question, ``Should the United States develop a bank of cord-blood cells?'' He juxtaposes this technique with the cryogenic suspension of Woody Allen and the attempt to clone a complete leader from a fragment of his nose in the movie Sleeper. This may have led readers to infer that cryopreservation of cord blood and transplantation in unrelated recipients remain the subject of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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