Successful transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) requires both the homing and engraftment of stem cells to the bone marrow, two processes that may not be very efficient and force a need for large numbers of HSCs for transplantation. To date, is has been unclear whether these processes can be artificially enhanced. Now, a study in the August 13
The research grew out of over a decade of study on the clinical use of umbilical cord blood as a source of HSCs, according to senior author Hal Broxmeyer, from the Indiana University School of Medicine and senior author of the