Capitalizing hope: The commercial development of umbilical cord blood stem cell banking

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-143

  Martin, Paul ^a   Brown, Nik ^b   Turner, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioeconomy; Cord blood banking; Expectations; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BANK; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXPECTATION; MARKETING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STEM CELL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 45849095761     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: 14699915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14636770802077074     Document Type: Review

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