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ArticleBone marrow transplantation2007

Ethnicity, equity and public benefit: a critical evaluation of public umbilical cord blood banking in Australia.

G N Samuel, I H Kerridge, M Vowels, A Trickett, J Chapman, T Dobbins

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Article in Bone marrow transplantation, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Emerging Ethical Challenges in Manufacturing of Cell-Based Medicines.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
    Review
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  3. Knowledge about umbilical cord blood banking among Greek citizens.Blood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue · 2014
    Article
  4. Stem Cell Research and Health Education.American journal of health education · 2008
    Article
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6 authors.

G N SamuelCentre for Values, Ethics and Law in Medicine, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia. gsa07309@bigpond.net.au
I H Kerridge
M Vowels
A Trickett
J Chapman
T Dobbins

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past decade umbilical cord blood (UCB) has been increasingly used as a source of haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) for patients who require a HSC transplant but do not have an HLA-matched donor. It was anticipated that using UCB as an alternative source of HSCs would increase the chance of finding a donor, particularly for the otherwise underrepresented ethnic minority groups. To evaluate the effectiveness of the Australian public UCB banks to increase the ethnic diversity of available HSC donations, this paper analyses the ethnic diversity of the Sydney Cord Blood Bank (SCBB), comparing this diversity to that of the Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR). It also examines the ethnic diversity of those patients who, after requesting a haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the 2-year period between 2003 and 2005, managed to find a suitably matched bone marrow or UCB donor. We show that the ethnic mix of donors to the SCBB has remained generally broad in source, is comparative to the Australian population, and is more diverse than the ABMDR. This, however, may still not be sufficient to substantially increase the likelihood of finding a donor for some ethnic minority groups.

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Blood BanksFetal BloodPublic HealthAustraliaCord Blood Stem Cell TransplantationHumansInfant, NewbornTissue and Organ HarvestingTissue Donors

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