cord blood cells

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• Cord blood bank — A cord blood bank is a facility which stores umbilical cord blood for future use. Both private and public cord blood banks have developed since the mid to late 1990s in response to the potential for cord blood transplants in treating diseases of… …   Wikipedia

• Cord blood — Umbilical cord blood is blood that remains in the placenta and in the attached umbilical cord after childbirth. Cord blood is collected because it contains stem cells which can be used to treat hematopoietic and genetic disorders. Contents 1… …   Wikipedia

• cord blood bank — n. A repository for umbilical cord blood, which is rich in stem cells that can be used for research or to help the donor in future medical procedures. Also: cord bank. cord blood banking pp. Example Citations: Cryobanks International, Inc. is a… …   New words

• umbilical cord blood — Blood from the umbilical cord of a newborn baby. This blood contains high concentrations of stem cells (cells from which all blood cells develop) …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• cord blood — noun blood obtained from the umbilical cord at birth • Hypernyms: ↑blood * * * noun : blood from the umbilical cord of a fetus or newborn * * * blood from the placenta drawn through the newly severed umbilical cord, collected for study or for… …   Useful english dictionary

• cord blood — /ˈkɔd blʌd/ (say kawd blud) noun blood which contains many different types of cells, including stem cells, taken from the umbilical cord …  

• Singapore Cord Blood Bank — The Singapore Cord Blood Bank (Abbreviation: SCBB) is Singapore’s only public cord blood bank that collects, processes and stores donated umbilical cord blood for use in stem cell transplants. Its cord blood units may be searched for use by… …   Wikipedia

• umbilical cord blood transplantation — The injection of umbilical cord blood to restore an individual s own blood production system suppressed by anticancer drugs, radiation therapy, or both. It is being studied in the treatment of cancer and severe blood disorders such as aplastic… …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• umbilical cord blood banked stem cells — haemopoietic stem cells collected from umbilical cord blood at birth, which can be stored indefinitely and used if that particular baby or a blood compatible sibling ever develops an illness (such as leukaemia) that could only be treated by cord… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• umbilical cord blood banked stem cells — stem cell collected from umbilical cord blood at birth, which can be stored indefinitely and used if that particular baby or a blood compatible sibling ever develops an illness (such as leukaemia) that could be treated by cord blood stem cell… …   Medical dictionary

• Blood type — (or blood group) is determined, in part, by the ABO blood group antigens present on red blood cells. A blood type (also called a blood group) is a classification of blood based on the presence or absence of inherited antigenic substances on the… …   Wikipedia