Leukemia

Leukemia, also spelled leukaemia, is cancer of the immune system cells in the blood. Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer.  Leukemia is one of the blood and immune cancers that can be cured by stem cell transplants from cord blood. Cord blood from his baby brother saved Amir's life from leukemia in Iran. Public cord blood banks provided Itzel's cord blood transplant in the United States and saved Matías in Chile.