Blood Banking

Unseparated Freezing of Cord Blood Best for CD34 Enrichment

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, February 20th, 1995

For purposes of developing a stem cell bank, unseparated freezing of human umbilical cord blood currently is preferable, stated researchers from Germany.

Gesine Kogler and colleagues, Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany, conducted a study of the Ceprate LC34 Biotin-Avidin affinity system (Cell Pro, Brussels, Belgium) to determine its value in enriching CD34⁺ cells from fresh unseparated and from thawed unseparated cord blood ("Evaluation of the Ceprate LC34 Affinity System for the Enrichment of CD34⁺ Hematopoietic Stem Cells from Cord Blood," Blood Cells, 1994;20:371-375).

Kogler et al. noted that cord blood is known...

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