Umbilical Cord Blood as a Stem Cell Source (IMAGE)

Fujita Health University

Umbilical Cord Blood as a Stem Cell Source

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Umbilical cord blood is used as a source of hematopoietic stem cells for patients with blood cancers and other life-threatening disorders when matched donors are unavailable.

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Mat Honan from San Francisco, CA, USA from Openverse Image source link: https://openverse.org/image/2850cb30-6f09-4631-95ff-55112126a1c9?q=Umbilical+Cord&p=24

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