Schumer unveiled a new sweeping federal plan to coordinate the donation of umbilical cord blood, a viable and more accessible alternative to bone marrow. Antitumor activity of human umbilical cord blood cells: a comparative analysis with peripheral blood and bone marrow cells. For example, hemtopoietic stem cell from bone marrow or umbilical cord blood could develop into cells that have many of the characteristics of neurons. In addition, the colonies resulting from the umbilical cord blood samples were significantly larger than those from bone marrow, indicating a greater growth potential. The ones in umbilical cord blood and bone marrow are called hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs). The same cells that appear in bone marrow are in even higher concentrations in umbilical cord blood. Allogeneic and autologous bone marrow, peripheral stem cell and umbilical cord blood transplants have been performed for pediatric patients to treat these diseases. Transplants of umbilical-cord blood or bone marrow from unrelated donors in adults with acute leukemia.
