[HTML][HTML] The history of cord blood transplantation/biology & perspective for future efforts to enhance the field

H Broxmeyer - Cell and Gene Therapy Insights, 2017 - insights.bio
Cord blood hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells have been used successfully for
hematopoietic cell transplantation to treat a variety of malignant and non-malignant
disorders. Use of cord blood has advantages and disadvantages as a source of
transplantable cells compared to that of bone marrow and mobilized peripheral blood. Most
recently, haplo-identical transplants have been competing with cord blood as a source of
transplanted cells. Efforts are ongoing to modulate cord blood and recipients of cord blood …