| Title |
Private Cord Blood Banking: Current Use and Clinical Future
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, July 2009
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| DOI | 10.1007/s12015-009-9082-0 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Peter Hollands, Catherina McCauley |
| Abstract |
International private umbilical cord blood banking has expanded rapidly in recent years since the first cord blood transplant which was 20 years ago. Private companies offer parents the opportunity to store umbilical cord blood for the possible future use by their child or other family members. The private cord blood industry has been criticised by a number of professional bodies including the EU Ethics Committee, the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the Royal College of Midwives and the US College of Paediatrics. This review presents the arguments from the opponents of private cord blood banking, and then makes the case for private cord banking based on the latest scientific and clinical evidence. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 46 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 10 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 19% |
| Researcher | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 10 | 21% |
| Unknown | 6 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 14 | 29% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 19% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 19% |
| Unknown | 8 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
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#6,474,301
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#277
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#33,971
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#3
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