BookNiranjan Bhattacharya, Phillip Stubblefield (editors).
Contents:
A massive wastage of the global resources
Placenta as a source of stem cells and as a key organ for fetomaternal tolerance
Placenta and umbilical cord in traditional Chinese medicine
Use of umbilical venous blood on assessing the biochemical variations of acid-base, nutritional and metabolic parameters on growth-retarded fetuses, in comparison with gestational control cases: a study
Umbilical cord blood transfusion and its therapeutic potentialities
Autologous placental blood transfusion for the therapy of anemic neonates
Cord blood: a massive waste of a life-saving resource: a perspective on its current and potential uses
Clinical experience of cord blood autologous transfusion
Emergency use of human cord blood
Hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers in trauma care: the US multicenter prehospital trial
Placental umbilical cord blood as a true blood substitute with an edge
Implications of feto-maternal cell transfer in normal pregnancy
Early reports on the prognostic implications and immunotherapeutic potentials of Cd34 rich cord whole blood transfusion in advanced breast cancer with severe anemia
Anti-inflammatory effects of human cord blood and its potential implications in neurological disorders
Transforming "waste" into gold: identification of novel stem cells resources with therapeutic potential in neuromuscular disorders
Human umbilical cord blood cells for stroke
Placental umbilical cord blood transfusion for stem cell therapy in neurological diseases
Umbilical cord and its blood: a perspective on its current and potential use in ophthalmology
Umbilical vein grafts for lower limb revascularization
Cord blood stem cells in angiogenesis. Endothelial progenitor cells from cord blood: magic bullets against ischemia?
Therapeutic potential of placental umbilical cord blood in cardiology
Stem cell therapy for heart failure using cord blood
Human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction
Umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells
Cord blood stem cell expansion ex vivo: current status and future strategies
Embryonic-like stem cells and the importance of human umbilical cord blood for regenerative medicine
Use of non-hematopoietic stem cells of fetal origin from cord blood, umbilical cord, and placenta in regeneration medicine
Animal studies of cord blood and regeneration
Immune privilege of cord blood
Combination cellular therapy for regenerative medicine: the stem cell niche
Use of cord blood in regenerative medicine
Comparisons between related and unrelated cord blood collection and/or banking for transplantation or research: the UK NHS blood and transplant experience
Donor and collection-related variables affecting product quality in ex utero cord blood banking
Cord blood as a source of hematopoietic progenitors for transplantation
Amniotic fluid and placenta stem cells
Use of amniotic membrane, amniotic fluid, and placental dressing in advanced burn patients
Clinical use of amniotic fluid in osteoarthritis: a source of cell therapy
A study and follow-up (1999-2009) of human fetal neuronal tissue transplants at a heterotopic site outside the brain in cases of advanced idiopathic Parkinsonism
Ethical issues surrounding umbilical cord blood donation and banking.