Research Articles
The following articles are a
small sampling of research into the clinical applications of umbilical cord
blood:
- Cell Transplant, 2007
Umbilical cord
blood research: current and future perspectives
Newcomb JD, Sanberg PR, Klasko SK, Willing
AE Read more
- Current Stem Cell Research and Therapy, September 2006
Advances in
Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation
Ballen K Read more
- Blood, February 2002
A broad T-cell repertoire
diversity and an efficient thymic function indicate a favorable long-term
immune reconstitution after cord blood stem cell transplantation.
Talvensaari K, Clave E, et
al Read more
- New England Journal of Medicine, October 1989
Hematopoietic
reconstitution in a patient with Fanconi anemia by means of umbilical-cord
blood from an HLA-identical sibling.
Gluckman E, Broxmeyer HA, Auerbach
AD, et al Read more
A Few Cord Blood Firsts
Privately banked cord blood is in the forefront of medical
advances. The articles below highlight some significant
breakthroughs:
- First autologous transplant of
privately banked cord blood:
Bone Marrow Transplant 1999; 24:
1041
Autologous cord blood transplantation
Ferreira E, Pasternak J,
Bacal N, et al
- First
autologous transplant of privately banked cord blood in the United
States:
Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation 2004; 10:741-742
The successful
treatment of severe aplastic anemia with autologous cord blood
transplantation
Fruchtman SM, et al
- First autologous cord blood
transplant for childhood leukemia:
Pediatrics 2007 Jan 3; 119:
296-300
First report of autologous cord blood transplantation in the
treatment of a child with leukemia
Hayani A, Lampeter E, Viswanatha D,
et al
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