Emerging and Endemic Pathogens: Advances in Surveillance, Detection and Identification (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology)

Emerging and Endemic Pathogens: Advances in Surveillance, Detection and Identification (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology) Alexander Sulakvelidze, Evan W. Skowronski, Kevin is available to download

Emerging and Endemic Pathogens: Advances in Surveillance, Detection and Identification (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology) Alexander Sulakvelidze, Evan W.Emerging and Endemic Pathogens: ... Textbook Skowronski, Kevin P. O'Connell, Lela Bakanidze
Type:	eBook
Released:	2010
Publisher:	Springer
Page Count:	154
Format:	pdf
Language:	English
ISBN-10:	9048196364
ISBN-13:	9789048196364

Cord blood is a significant source of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells for the treatment of blood and genetic disorders. Cord blood is also an alternative to embryos as a source of tissue for regenerative medicine. Cells from cord blood have been shown to transdifferentiate into nonhematopoietic cells, including those of the brain, heart, liver, pancreas, bone, and cartilage, in tissue culture and in animal systems. Recently it has been demonstrated that both cardiac and glial cell differentiation of cord blood donor cells occurred in recipients of unrelated donor cord blood transplantation as part of a treatment regime for Krabbe disease and Sanfilippo syndrome. These observations raise the possibility that cord blood may serve as a source of cells to facilitate tissue repair and regeneration in the future. CD34 stem cell-rich umbilical cord whole blood transfusion has the potential to have an immediate benefit of better tissue oxygenation with an additional delayed benefit of possible engraftment of umbilical cord stem cells.