Cord Blood Characteristics

Role in Stem Cell Transplantation

Shara B A Cohen, Eliane Gluckman, J Alexandro Madrigal, Pablo Rubenstein (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

296 Seiten

1999
Informa Healthcare (Verlag)
978-1-85317-794-1 (ISBN)

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This text reviews the molecular and cellular biology of cord blood, its collection and processing, clinical potential of ex vivo expansion and concludes with discussion of banking and matching, and the ethical, legal and socio-economic issues related to blood cell therapy and transplantation.

The use of cord blood as a source of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation has steadily increased since the first cord blood transplant 11 years ago. This text reviews the molecular and cellular biology of cord blood, the collection and processing of cord blood units, the clinical potential of ex vivo expansion, and concludes with discussion of cord blood banking and matching, and the ethical and legal issues related to blood cell therapy and transplantation.

1. Introduction 2. Hematopoietic Content of Cord Blood 3. Cord Blood: T Cells 4. Cord Blood: Natural Killer Cells 5. Cord Blood: Cytokines 6. In Vitro Models of Graft Versus Host Disease 7. Collection and Processing of Cord Blood Units 8. Reducing the Risks of Disease Transmission in Cord Blood Transplantation 9. Ex Vivo Expansion of Cord Blood Cells: The Clinical Potential 10. Related and Unrelated Cord Blood Transplantation 11. Significance of Matching 12. Ethical, Legal and Socio-economic Issues Related to Blood Cell Therapy and Transplantation 13. Does Cord Blood Transplantation Have a Future?

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.12.1999
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Gewicht	975 g
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Hämatologie
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
ISBN-10	1-85317-794-6 / 1853177946
ISBN-13	978-1-85317-794-1 / 9781853177941
Zustand	Neuware