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Advances in cord blood transplants in adults

Umbilical cord blood is an acceptable source of hematopoietic stem cells for patients with malignant diseases but has limitations in its use. In this review, we will discuss these limitations and the recent advances in cord blood transplants that may enable cord blood to become more widely available...

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Autores principales: Doan, Phuong L, Chao, Nelson J
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medicine Reports Ltd 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2948397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20948874
http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/M2-12
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description Umbilical cord blood is an acceptable source of hematopoietic stem cells for patients with malignant diseases but has limitations in its use. In this review, we will discuss these limitations and the recent advances in cord blood transplants that may enable cord blood to become more widely available as an alternative stem cell source for adults for the treatment of malignant diseases and for use in regenerative medicine.
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spelling pubmed-29483972010-10-14 Advances in cord blood transplants in adults Doan, Phuong L Chao, Nelson J F1000 Med Rep Review Article Umbilical cord blood is an acceptable source of hematopoietic stem cells for patients with malignant diseases but has limitations in its use. In this review, we will discuss these limitations and the recent advances in cord blood transplants that may enable cord blood to become more widely available as an alternative stem cell source for adults for the treatment of malignant diseases and for use in regenerative medicine. Medicine Reports Ltd 2010-02-11 /pmc/articles/PMC2948397/ /pubmed/20948874 http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/M2-12 Text en © 2010 Medicine Reports Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use this work for commercial purposes
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Advances in cord blood transplants in adults
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title_short Advances in cord blood transplants in adults
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2948397/
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