March 4, 2008

New Citations

Please note that a new category, Category 0 - The Top Ten, has been added to the Annotated Bibliography. In this category, a selection of the most important recent publications are listed. This list will be altered as new articles are published that deserve to be so listed.

1. A succinct and up-to-date review of the present state of the art of umbilical cord blood transplantation. See Topic I, Recent Reviews, Citation #2

2. Comments about umbilical cord blood transplantation meetings in the year 2007. See Topic XI Recent Cord Blood Transplantation Conferences, Citation #2

3. Adverse events in cord blood transplantation; Immune cytopenias, late mortality and the effects of ABO incompatibility. See Topic XIV. Adverse events in CBT, Section iii Immune Cytopenias, Citation #1 & Citation #7; Section v. Miscellaneous, CItation #1 and Citation #2

4. Granulocyte transfusions. A new systematic review of the literature. See Topic XIX. Miscellaneous Topics, ii Granulocyte Transfusion, Citation A

5. Two detailed studies of mesenchymal stem cells. See Topic XIX Miscellaneous Topics, Section i. Mesenchymal stem cells, Citation A & Citation B

6. Ex-vivo expansion of hematopoietic progenitor cells. A review of the past, present and possible future of ex-vivo expansion of UCB stem cells for transplantation. See Topic XVIII. Ex-vivo Expansion of HPCs, Citation #1

7. Stem cell plasticity and regenerative medicine. A number of articles on this burgeoning topic. See Topic XVI Stem Cell Plasticity and Regenerative Medicine, Citation #1 thru #8