A novel method to evaluate prethawing viability of cryopreserved CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells for autologous transplantation.

Elena Marinelli BusilacchiAndrea CostantiniGiorgia ManciniRossella BencivengaJacopo OlivieriGiovanna BattagliniLaura VelletriNadia ViolaLuca ButiniDebora CapelliAntonella PoloniAttilio Olivieri

Published in: Transfusion (2020)

Compared to bag tails, minibags represent a more accurate tool to measure the CD34+ cell viability of the apheresis mother bag prior to reinfusion; in addition, minibags may could be of help for case-by-case calculation of the amount of apheresis to be infused to patients undergoing autologous HSC transplant.

Keyphrases

cell therapy
stem cells
bone marrow
patients undergoing
platelet rich plasma
nk cells
mesenchymal stem cells
high resolution
umbilical cord