TITLE:
Review: Umbilical Cord Stem Cells
AUTHORS:
Joseph Ignatius Azzopardi, Renald Blundell
KEYWORDS:
Umbilical Cord, Haematopoietic Stem Cells, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Stem Cell Banking
JOURNAL NAME:
Stem Cell Discovery,
Vol.8 No.1,
January
30,
2018
ABSTRACT: The use of umbilical cord blood as an alternative to
bone marrow as a source of haematopoietic stem cells for the treatment of
certain diseases has been on an increase since the first transplantation of
umbilical cord-derived stem cells in 1988. In this paper, 6 of the latest case
studies about the use of such stem cells have been discussed and are used as
evidence to confirm the potential use of the umbilical cord as a source of
haematopoietic stem cells for transplantation as treatment to various diseases.
The debate over whether umbilical cord blood should be stored and why public
banking facilities are preferred over those that are private have also been
discussed in this paper.