Umbilical Cord Blood: An Undervalued and Underutilized Resource in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant and Novel Cell Therapy Applications

The authors discuss the unwarranted decline in the use of umbilical cord blood as a source of donor hematopoietic stem cells for hematopoietic cell transplantation and the resulting important implications in addressing healthcare inequities.