Comparison of Two Methods to Process Umbilical Cord Blood into Packet Red Cells for Transfusion Medicine Purposes

摘要

Umbilical cord blood (UCB) has been used over the years as ahematopoietic stem cells source. Recently other innovativeapplications for this material have been explored in otherareas, such as cell therapy, regenerative medicine, and transfusionmedicine. As an example of the latter, we can point outthe platelet-rich plasma production and the accomplishmentof red blood cells through UCB centrifugation for low-birthweight infant transfusion purposes. These new applicationscan have a positive impact on service management, makingthe process less expensive and its application more universal.This study was supported by the S?o Paulo Research Foundation(FAPESP-2016/25281-0).