Cord blood (CB) is either donated to public CB banks for use by any patient worldwide for
whom it is a match or stored in a private bank for potential autologous or family use. It is a …

Background The concept of Umbilical Cord blood (UCB) stem cells is emerging as a non-
invasive, efficacious alternative source of hematopoietic stem cells to treat a variety of blood …

The developing brain is found highly vulnerable towards the exposure of different
environmental chemicals/drugs, even at concentrations, those are generally considered safe …

ABSTRACT Background: Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are multipotent stem cells,
derived from bone marrow, peripheral blood and umbilical cord. These HSC are accepted …

Private cord blood banking is the practice of paying to save cord blood for potential future
use. Informed by the literature on corporeal commodification and feminist theories, this …

In Taiwan, as in many countries where national cord blood donation programs are not
available, cord blood donation and banking services are provided by non-governmental …

The potential use of umbilical cord blood (UCB) was first proposed in 1982 by Edward
Boyse, whereafter the first successful human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-identical UCB …

Con el objetivo de evaluar criterios mínimos de celularidad de las unidades de sangre de
cordón umbilical (USCU) según los estándares NETCORD en el Instituto Nacional Materno …

Investigators in the 1980s determined that umbilical cord blood, collected at birth, had
sufficient progenitor cells to support engraftment after high dose chemotherapy or …

To The Editor: Benign and malignant hematologic diseases, immune deficiencies and
genetic diseases are the only approved uses of cord blood for hematopoietic stem cell …