Umbilical cord blood processing using Prepacyte‐CB increases haematopoietic progenitor cell availability over conventional Hetastarch separation

摘要

Currently the most frequently used method for umbilical cord blood separation in many hospitals across the UK and the rest of the world, where small‐to‐medium amounts of samples are processed, is Hetastarch, a mechanical, starch‐based method, which causes red cell agglutination by rouleaux formation.