Author Description

Therelatively new field of cord blood transplantation is characterized by its rapid progress. Cord Blood: Biology, Immunology, Banking, and Clinical Transplantation encompasses the present state of cord blood cells, banking and transplantation and provides insight to the future of this progressive field. This cutting-edge book, composed of 17 chapters by 34 authors, covers the excitement, history and recent innovations in phenotype, genomics, and function of cord blood hematopoietic stem, progenitor, and immune cells, clinical cord blood transplantation, and public and private banking. It is a valuable resource for physicians, and scientists interested in these and related areas. The four main focus areas include: The phenotyping, genomics and function of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells from cord blood The immune cells and immunology of cord blood and cord blood transplantation Cord blood banking from public and private perspectives Current clinical cord blood transplantation and efforts to enhance the broadness of applicability of this clinical field through scientific and clinical innovation