How Old a Cord Blood Unit Can Be and Still Engraft
Cord blood cells survive and engraft reliably after more than a decade of freezing.
Leila Bergström
Cord blood cells survive and engraft reliably after more than a decade of freezing.
Criterion 4 disqualifies most cord blood products from the simpler 361 pathway.
Low cell counts and delayed cord clamping eliminate most units before transplant is even possible.
Delayed cord clamping beyond 60 seconds sharply reduces viable cells for banking.