Current status of umbilical cord blood storage and provision to private biobanks by institutions handling childbirth in Japan

Abstract Background The Act Regarding the Promotion of the Appropriate Supply of Hematopoietic Stem Cells for Transplant regulates only how public banks store and provide umbilical cord blood (UCB) for research or transplantation. Japan had no laws to regulate how the private banks manage the proced...

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Main Authors: Maho Murata, Kenichiro Kawabe, Taichi Hatta, Shoichi Maeda, Misao Fujita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-09-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-022-00830-8