The highlight of this site is the extensive, frequently-updated annotated bibliography on over 20 major subject areas, with multiple sub-categories.Use the Annotated Bibliography Items in the main menu on the left. For new items, click on the links in blue below.

NEW CITATIONS January 31 2010:

Two important articles have recently been published: See the Annotated Bibliography in the Cord Blood Forum for details.

• Transfusion therapy is a critical aspect of supportive care in HSCT. Most transplant physicians have not had extensive training in transfusion medicine so that a recently published extensive and authoritative review of appropriate transfusion practice before, during, and after hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation should be very helpful. See Category XIX Miscellaneous Topics, ii Transfusion, Citation A
  
  
• Can HIV infection be cured with HSCT? It probably has already been accomplished. A remarkable article on the NEJM documents long-term control of HIV by CCR5 Delta32/Delta32 stem-cell transplantation. The authors’ approach may have wide-spread applicability if stem cells homozygous for a 32-bp deletion in the CCR5 allele can be made available. At least at present, this would seem to be most feasible with cord blood stem cells. See Category XIX Miscellaneous Topics, v Transfusion, Citation A

• Blood Stem-Cell Transplant Regimen Reverses Sickle Cell Disease in Adults (NIH News, 9 Dec 2009)
• Sickle cell disease healthcare costs high in U.S. (Reuters, 3 July 2009)
• Related Stories: China fails to stem cell claims and Stem cell clinics: buyer beware (Irish Times, 19 May 2009)
• News Story: "Medical Tourism" shams thrive and at a high cost (El Paso Times, 20 April 2009)
• Letter of Opinion: Use stem cell funding where it will work (TCPalm, 17 April 2009)
• University Health Care expands umbilical cord blood program (ABC News, 27 Feb 2009)
• Using Stem Cells To Make Blood Substitutes: Artificial blood derived from cord blood stem cells is being tested in humans (C&EN; 23 Feb 2009)
• Cord blood: Banking on unproven hopes (Los Angeles Times; 21Feb 2009)
• First Human Trials Using Embryonic Stem Cells Draw Skepticism (Christian Today, Australia; 5 Feb 2009)

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