Patra Pateraki, Helen Latsoudis, Anastasia Papadopoulou, Ioanna Gontika, Irene Fragiadaki, Irene Mavroudi, Nikoleta Bizymi, Aristea Batsali, Michail E Klontzas, Angeliki Xagorari, Efstathios Michalopoulos, Damianos Sotiropoulos, Evangelia Yannaki, Catherine Stavropoulos-Giokas, Helen A Papadaki
The umbilical cord blood (UCB) donated in public UCB banks is a source of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) alternative to bone marrow for allogeneic HSC transplantation (HSCT). However, the high rejection rate of the donated units due to the strict acceptance criteria and the wide application of the haploidentical HSCT have resulted in significant limitation of the use of UCB and difficulties in the economic sustainability of the public UCB banks. There is an ongoing effort within the UCB community to optimize the use of UCB in the field of HSCT and a parallel interest in exploring the use of UCB for applications beyond HSCT i...
February 18, 2024: Journal of Clinical Medicine