Bookedited by Catherine Stavropoulos-Giokas, Dominique Charron, Cristina Navarrete.
Contents:
Section I: Introduction. Introduction to cord blood stem cells / Dominique Charron, Catherine Stavropoulos-Giokas, Cristina Navarrete. Section II: Cord blood cells biology. Cord blood content / Gesine Kögler [and 3 others]
Cord blood hematopoiesis : the road to transplantation / Anna Rita Migliaccio, Thalia Papayannopoulu
Immunobiology of cord blood cells / Sergio Querol, Aurore Saudemont, Antoine Toubert
Cord and cord blood-derived endothelial cells / Suzanne M. Watt [and 8 others]
HLA and immunogenetics in cord blood transplantation / Dominique Charron, Emeline Masson, Pascale Loiseau. Section III: Cord blood cells for clinical use. Clinical use of umbilical cord blood cells / Robert Danby, Vanderson Rocha
Immunodeficiencies and metabolic diseases / Paul J. Orchard, Angela R. Smith
Cord blood cells and autoimmune diseases / LingYun Sun [and 3 others]
Umbilical cord as a source of immunomodulatory reagents / Antonio Galleu, Francesco Dazzi
Cord blood cells for clinical use : expansion and manipulation / Amanda L. Olson, Elizabeth J. Shpall
Cord blood stem cells for clinical use : diabetes and cord blood / Yong Zhao
Section IV: Regenerative medicine applications. Emerging uses of cord blood in regenerative medicine : neurological applications / Jessica M. Sun, Joanne Kurtzberg
Biobanks for induced pluripotent stem cells and reprogrammed tissues / Lee Carpenter. Section V: Cord blood banking : a current state of affairs. Cord blood banking : operational and regulatory aspects / Cristina Navarrete
Cord blood unit selection for unrelated transplantation / Andromachi Scaradavou
Quality management systems including accreditation standards / Andreas Papassavas [and 6 others]
Regulation across the globe / Maria Mitrossili [and 3 others]
International development and import/export : WMDA / Lydia Foeken, Daniela Orsini. Section VI: Cord blood banking : current and future outlooks. Allogeneic and autologous cord blood banks / Paolo Rebulla
The future of cord blood banks / Catherine Stavropoulos-Giokas [and 3 others]. Section VII: The viewpoint of society. An introductory note to the cord blood banking issues in a European and international environment / Marietta Giannakou
Ethical and legal issues in cord blood stem cells and biobanking / Maria Mitrossili, Marcos Sarris, Yannis Nikolados
Industrial economics of cord blood banks / Gregory Katz
Public health policies in European Union : an innovation strategy : Horizon 2020 / Sotiris Soulis [and 5 others].