Frontiers of Cord Blood Science

1. Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell (Basic Science)

2. Placental and Pregnancy Stem Cells
Anjali Mehta, Curtis Cetrulo, Phillip Stubblefield, Kyle Cetrulo

3. Cord Blood Stem Cells – The Basic Science
Peter Hollands

4. Stem Cells from Umbilical Cord Blood
Patricia Pranke, Raquel Canabarro

5. Ex Vivo Expansion of Cord Blood
Ian K. McNiece, Elizabeth J. Shpall

6. Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Applications in Cell and Gene Therapy
Pablo Bosch, Steven L. Stice

7. Non-hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells Derived From Human Umbilical Cord Blood
Karen Bieback, Harald Kluter

2. Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation

8. Cord Blood Transplantation for Pediatric Non-Malignant Conditions
Tatjana Kilo, Peter J. Shaw

9. Cord Blood Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancies
Karen Quillen

10. Double Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation in Adults
Karen K. Ballen

3. Transfusion of Cord Blood

11. Placental Umbilical Cord Whole Blood Transfusion: A True Blood Substitute to Combat Anemia in the Background of Chronic Disease – A Study Report (1999–2006)
Niranjan Bhattacharya

12. Umbilical Cord Blood Therapy in Neurology
Abhijit Chaudhuri, Niranjan Bhattacharya

13. Cord Blood: Opportunities and Challenges for the Reconstructive Surgeon
Andrew Burd, T. Ayyappan, Lin Huang

14. Umbilical Cord Blood Transfusion – A Clinical Overview
Himansu Kumar Basu

4. Cord Blood Stem Cell Banking

15. Establishment of the UK Stem Cell Bank and Its Role in Stem Cell Science
G.N. Stacey

16. Cord Blood Allogeneic and Autologous Banking
Carolyn Troeger, Wolfgang Holzgreve

5. Potential Engineering Application of Cord Blood

17. Possibilities of Using Cord Blood for Improving the Biocompatibility of Implants
K. Kaladhar, Chandra P. Sharma

18. Potential of Stem Cell to Tailor the Bone-Ceramic Interface for Better Fixation of Orthopedic Implants
Jui Chakraborty, Debabrata Basu

6. Ethics

19. Some Aspects of the Ethics of Stem Cell Research
Ranès C. Chakravorty

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Internal Medicine, Transplant Surgery, Blood Transfusion Medicine, Gene Therapy, Hematology