SuperCalifFragilisticStemCells
Bodily Fluids
Hammers and Pliers and Saws, Oh My (the CBR Toolkit)
A Stem Cell a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match
100
These cells give rise to the blood and immune system.
What are hematopoietic stem cells?
100
This connects baby to their mother during gestation.
What is the umbilical cord?
100
This is the name of CBR’s proprietary anticoagulant
What is lyophilized heparin?
100
A general term for a cancer of the blood
What is leukemia?
100
The number of HLA factors contributed by each parent to their child.
What is three?
200
This stem cell resource is taken shortly after a baby is born.
What is umbilical cord blood and/or tissue?
200
Used for over 40 years to aid patients suffering from leukemia.
What is bone marrow?
200
This device allows the collector to push out tissue and clots that may block the flow of blood during the collection & thus contributes to a higher collection volume.
What is the ActiveFlo Chamber?
200
DAILY DOUBLE! Using stem cells for a condition such as Cerebral Palsy is an example of this application of medicine.
What is regenerative medicine?
200
The odds of a full-blooded sibling being a perfect genetic match.
What is 1 in 4?
300
These cells give rise to the structural and connective tissues.
What are mesenchymal stem cells?
300
Many of us have too much of this low-grade source of mesenchymal stem cells.
What is adipose tissue?
300
This feature provides a sterile method for clearing residual blood from the tubing after the collection and helps to ensure that the collected blood clears the tubing and ends up in the bag
What is the Sterile Clearance Vent?
300
Using stem cells in treatment of cancer such as leukemia is an example of this application of medicine.
What is transplant medicine?
300
DAILY DOUBLE! These two drawbacks can occur if no relatives are suitable donors and a doctor expands their search to the public pool.
What is the search can prolong time to treatment? and What is not all patients end up finding a donor?
400
These newborn stem cells are being researched in the field of regenerative medicine.
What are MSCs and HSCs?
400
DAILY DOUBLE! This is the average amount of blood contained in an umbilical cord.
What is 70cc?
400
DAILY DOUBLE! This device allows for detection in case the needle is lost
What is the Radiopaque Needle Cover?
400
Using a person's own stem cells is referred to as this.
What is autologous?
400
After chemotherapy and radiation destroys the disease-causing cells, this is how the cord blood is transplanted.
What is through a simple intravenous (IV) infusion?
500
DAILY DOUBLE! These are two advantages of newborn stem cells.
What is they have low risk of viral contamination? What is they have the ability to differentiate into various cell types? What is they have a high proliferation capacity? What is they have a low risk of tumor formation? What is they have capacity for autologous transplantation? What is they have established/proven treatment in human patients?
500
An alternative to traditional bone marrow harvesting, this method uses drugs to induce hematopoietic stem cells to move from the bone marrow into the blood.
What is peripheral blood collection?
500
These are 3 reasons why CBR’s proprietary anticoagulant, lyophilized heparin (LH), is advantageous over the commonly used liquid citrate phosphate dextrose (CPD)
What is accurate view of collection volume? What is preserves cell viability and concentration during transit? What is results in highest published average cell recovery rates?
500
A treatment using cells from a donor is this type of stem cell transplant.
What is allogeneic?
500
These are the three HLA matching possibilities amongst siblings.
What are 6/6, 3/6, or 0/6?
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