Banking or Bankrupting: Strategies for Sustaining the Economic Future of Public Cord Blood Banks.

Cord blood is an important source of stem cells. However, nearly 90% of public cord blood banks have declared that they are struggling to maintain their financial sustainability and avoid bankruptcy. The objective of this study is to evaluate how characteristics of cord blood units influence their u...

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Main Authors: Jeremy Magalon, Martin Maiers, Joanne Kurtzberg, Cristina Navarrete, Pablo Rubinstein, Colin Brown, Catherine Schramm, Jérome Larghero, Sandrine Katsahian, Christian Chabannon, Christophe Picard, Alexander Platz, Alexander Schmidt, Gregory Katz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4666404?pdf=render