Umbilical cord blood donation: public or private?

KK Ballen, F Verter, J Kurtzberg - Bone marrow transplantation, 2015 - nature.com
Umbilical cord blood (UCB) is a graft source for patients with malignant or genetic diseases
who can be cured by allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), but who do not …

[HTML][HTML] Cord blood banking in the Arab world: current status and future developments

MM Matsumoto, R Dajani, KRW Matthews - Biology of Blood and Marrow …, 2015 - Elsevier
Umbilical cord blood transplants are now used to treat numerous types of immune-and
blood-related disorders and genetic diseases. Cord blood (CB) banks play an important role …

Optimal method for collection of umbilical cord blood: An E gyptian trial for a public cord blood bank

MR Bassiouny, F El‐Chennawi, AK Mansour… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Umbilical cord blood (UCB) contains stem cells and can be used as an
alternative to bone marrow transplantation. Engraftment is dependent on the total nucleated …

The impact of fetal and maternal physiologic factors on umbilical cord blood quality as a source of stem cells in Egyptian population

AM Abdelrazik, MN El Said, HEM Abdelaziz… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Umbilical cord blood (UCB) has rapidly become a clinically useful
alternative stem cell source. Many variables have been used to evaluate a UCB unit and …

From waste to (fool's) gold: promissory and profit values of cord blood

J Haw - Monash bioethics review, 2015 - Springer
According to biomedical discourse, cord blood has been transformed from 'waste'to 'clinical
gold'because of its potential for use in treatments. Private cord blood banks deploy clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Low temperature preservation and storage of placental biological derivatives

VY Prokopyuk, OV Falko, IB Musatova… - … of Cryobiology and …, 2015 - journal.cryo.org.ua
The paper covers the actual tasks in low temperature storage of such placental biological
derivatives as: cell-free material, cell suspensions, placental tissue, umbilical cord and fetal …

[PDF][PDF] Biology of blood and marrow transplantation

T Horn, E Huber, A Kreft, T Longerich… - Biol Blood Marrow …, 2015 - academia.edu
abstract The 2005 National Institute of Health (NIH) Consensus Conference outlined
histopathological diagnostic criteria for the major organ systems affected by both acute and …

Attached segments and cryovial samples as a useful tool in cord blood banking quality control

S Andriopoulou, I Anagnostakis, E Michalopoulos… - Journal of …, 2015 - thejh.org
Background: Assessment of the umbilical cord blood (UCB) unit is a crucial issue in the
hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. A cord blood bank (CBB) must ensure that the final …

Cord Blood Banking: Operational and Regulatory Aspects

C Navarrete - Cord blood stem cells and regenerative medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
Umbilical cord blood (UCB) is an alternative source of hematopoietic stem cells for
transplantation in patients with hematological malignancies, bone marrow failures …

Кріоконсервування та низькотемпературне зберігання плацентарних біооб'єктів

ВЮ Прокопюк, ОВ Фалько, ІБ Муcатова… - Проблемы …, 2015 - dspace.nbuv.gov.ua
Розглянуто актуальні проблеми низькотемпературного зберігання плацентарних
біооб'єктів: безклітинного матеріалу, клітинних суспензій, тканини плаценти, пуповини …