Can routine commercial cord blood banking be scientifically and ethically justified?
BACKGROUND TO THE DEBATE: Umbilical cord blood--the blood that remains in the placenta after birth--can be collected and stored frozen for years. A well-accepted use of cord blood is as an alternative to bone marrow as a source of hematopoietic stem cells for allogeneic transplantation to siblings o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2005-02-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC549592?pdf=render |