CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTS. “A cord blood transplant is a hematopoietic stem cell transplant that uses cord blood instead of bone marrow or peripheral blood as the source of blood-producing stem cells for the transplant. The transplant restores a patient’s ability to produce healthy blood cells, some of which are essential to the immune system’s ability to fight infections.”
http://www.fhcrc.org/en/treatment/treatment-research/cord-blood-transplantation.html