Umbilical Cord Blood Banking

Question 1

the remote chance of an autologous unit of umbilical cord blood being used for a child or a family member is

Answer 1

1 in 2,700

Question 2

umbilical cord blood banking is now known to comtain potentially life-saving

Answer 2

hematopoietic stem cells

Question 3

several distinct advantages over bome marrow or peripheral stem cells.

Answer 3

1. greater degree of human leukocyte antigen mismatch is tolerated by the recipient
2. incident of acute graft-versus-host reaction is decreased when umbilical cord blood is used.

Question 4

2 types of banks have emerged for the collection and storage of umbilical cord blood

Answer 4

1. public banks

2. private banks

Question 5

first public bank established at the New York Blood Center in 1991. and since them others have established in various regions of the country

Answer 5

true.

Question 6

public banks promote allogenic (related or unrelated) donation, analogous to current collection of whole blood units in US.

Answer 6

true.

Question 7

Private banks initially developed to store stem cells from umbilical cord blood for autologous use (taken from an individual for subsequent use by the same individual) by a child if the child develops disease later in life.

Answer 7

true

Question 8

STEM CELLS OBTAINED FROM BANKED UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD CANNOT CURRENTLY BE USED TO TREAT INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM OR OTHER GENETIC DISEASES IN THE SAME INDIVIDUAL FROM WHOM THEY WERE COLLECTED BECAUSE THE GENETIC MUTATION WOULD ALREADY BE PRESENT IN THE STEM CELLS.

Answer 8

TRUE.