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Cord Blood
Studies from University of Washington, Puget Sound Blood Center reveal new findings on cord blood
May 12th, 2008
According to recent research from the United States, "Although the colony-forming cell (CFC) assay provides the most relevant information regarding the functional potential of progenitors in a unit of umbilical cord blood (UCB), technical challenges associated with this assay have made it difficult to standardize the assay among testing laboratories. The purpose of this study was to assess the reproducibility of a newly developed functional assay (HALO SPC-QC [HALO], HemoGenix, Inc.)." "This test is based on the principle that cellular proliferation responses to cytokine stimuli are proportional to intracellular ATP levels from progeny cells generated in culture from...
Source: Stem Cell Week (2008-05-12)
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