umbilical cord blood

umbilical cord blood

(1) Cord blood stem cells, see there.
(2) Cord cells, see there.

umbilical cord blood

Transplantation A source of primitive and stem cells that can be used to reconstitute BM destroyed by aplastic anemia or by RT or chemotherapy for CA, lymphoproliferative malignancies. See Bone marrow transplantation, Stem cell therapy.