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Article: Sending Off Bone Marrow, Stem Cells, Umbilical Cord To Enrich Cancer, Transplant Procedures.
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- BIOWORLD Today
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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From arteries, veins and capillaries right down to arterioles, venules and beyond, the bloodstream and its network of vessels rank among the body's most complicated organs.
The blood these vessels transport contains a plethora of cells, proteins and other elements that range from the immune system's antibodies - and the B cells that make them - to cytokines and chemokines that resist infection, to the oxygen and nutrients that fuel the body in a swap of carbon dioxide and surplus debris. Where do all these components come from? They're fashioned in all their diversity by hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). As a fetus develops in the womb, ...