The family of a 10-year-old Victorville girl who has needed a bone marrow transplant for nearly two years has learned that her newborn half-sister’s umbilical cord blood can’t be used to help her.

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Health claims used by private cord-blood banks to persuade parents to save their baby’s umbilical cord blood can overstate the benefits, according to an investigation by CBC-TV’s Marketplace.

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