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Deciding to store your baby's cord blood stem cells is an important decision. You, as an expectant parent, will have many questions. We’ve compiled a series of past questions from parents and the answers to them, separated into the topics below.

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Autologous Use

In an autologous stem cell transplant, you are your own donor. Your bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells are taken from you (harvested), frozen until needed, then given back to you (transplanted) after you have received high doses of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or both, to destroy your cancer cells. The majority of autologous transplants are performed using peripheral blood stem cells; the remaining use bone marrow stem cells or a combination of the two.