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Cord Blood
Researchers from Buddhist Tzu-Chi University, Department of Public Health publish new studies and findings in the area of cord blood
August 25th, 2008
A new study, 'Human leukocyte antigen-A, -B, and -DRB1 haplotypes of cord blood units in the Tzu Chi Taiwan Cord Blood Bank,' is now available. According to recent research from Hualien, Taiwan, "Cord blood (CB) is considered an alternative resource to bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) for allogeneic stem cell transplantation. In this study, human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A, -B, and -DRB1 high-resolution allele types were analyzed from a total of 710 CB units in the Tzu Chi Taiwan Cord Blood Bank." "We observed 21 HLA-A alleles, 59 HLA-B alleles, and 28 HLA-DRB1 alleles, whereas 19 unique alleles were present in the CB units of 2,023 individuals selected...
Source: Stem Cell Week (2008-08-25)
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