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Listed below are publications from the New York Blood Center's National Cord Blood Program and publications in which NCBP scientists participated, including links to publication abstracts.

 

Cord-blood transplants from unrelated donors in patients with Hurler's Syndrome.
Staba SL, Escolar ML, Poe M, Kim Y, Martin PL, Szabolcs P, Allison-Thacker J, Wood S, Wenger PA, Rubinstein P, Hopwood JJ, Krivit W and Kurtzberg, J. N Eng J Med, 2004; 350:1960-1969.
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Obstetric predictors of placental/umbilical cord blood volume for transplantation.
Jones J, Stevens CE, Rubinstein P, Robertazzi RR, Kerr A, and Cabbad MF. Am J Obstet Gynecol, 2003; 188(2):503-9.
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Placental/umbilical cord blood for unrelated bone marrow reconstitution: Relevance of nucleated red blood cells.
Stevens CE, Gladstone J, Taylor PE, Scaradavou A, Migliaccio AR, Visser J, Dobrila, NL, Carrier C, Cabbad M, Wernet P, Kurtzberg J, and Rubinstein P. Blood, 2002; 100:2662-2664.
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Hematopoietic engraftment and survival in adult recipients of umbilical cord blood from unrelated donors.
Laughlin MJ, Barker J, Bambach B, Koc ON, Rizzieri DA, Wagner JE, Gerson SL, Lazarus HM, Cairo M, Stevens CE, Rubinstein P, and Kurtzberg J. New Engl J Med, 2001; 344:1815-1822.
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Comparison of outcomes of unrelated bone marrow and umbilical cord blood transplants in children with acute leukemia.
Vanderson R, Comish J, Sievers EL, Filipovich A, Locatelli F, Peters C, Remberger M, Michel G, Arcese W, Dallorso S, Tiedmann K, Busca A, Chan KW, Kato S, Ortega J, Vowels M, Zander A, Souillet G, Oakill A, Woolfrey A, Pay AL, Green A, Garnier F, Ionescu I, Wernet P, Sirchia G, Rubinstein P, Chevret S, and Gluckman E. Blood, 2001; 97:2962-2971.
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The New York Blood Center's Placental/Umbilical Cord Blood Program: Experience with a "new" source of hematopoietic stem cells for transplantation.
Rubinstein P, and Stevens CE. Ernst Schering Research Foundation Workshop, 2001; 33:47-70.
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Graft-versus-leukemia induced complete remission following unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation for acute leukemia.
Howrey RP, Martin PL, Driscoll T, Szabolcs P, Kelly T, Shpall EJ, Bearman SI, Slat-Vasquez V, Rubinstein P, Stevens CE, and Kurtzberg J. Bone Marrow Transplant, 2000; 26:1251-1254.
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Cell dose and speed of engraftment in placental/umbilical cord blood transplantation: Graft progenitor cell content is a better predictor than nucleated cell quantity.
Migliaccio AR, Adamson JW, Stevens CE, Dobrila LN, Carrier CM, and Rubinstein P. Blood, 2000; 96:2717-2722.
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The frequency and proliferative potential of megakaryocytic colony-forming cells (Meg-CFC) in cord blood, cytokine-mobilized peripheral blood and bone marrow, and their correlation with total CFC numbers: Implications for the quantitation of Meg-CFC to predict platelet engraftment following cord blood transplantation.
vonDrygalski A, Xu G, Constantinescu D, Kashiwakura I, Farley T, Dobrila NL, Rubinstein P, and Adamson JW. Bone Marrow Transplant, 2000; 25:1029-1034.
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Placental blood for bone marrow replacement: The New York Blood Center's program and clinical results.
Rubinstein P, and Stevens CE. Balliere's Best Practice & Research in Clinical Hematology, 2000; 13:565-584.
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Measurements from normal umbilical cord blood of four lysosomal enzymatic activities: A-L-iduronidase (Hurler), galactocerebrosidase (globoid cell leukodystrophy), arylsufatase A (metachromatic leukodystrophy), arylsulfatase B (Maroteaux-Lamy).
deGasperi R, Raghavan SS, Gama Sosa MA, Kolodny EH, Carrier CM, Rubinstein P, Peters C, Wagner J, Kurtzberg J, and Krivit W. Bone Marrow Transplant, 2000; 25:541-544.
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Unrelated placental blood in marrow transplantation.
Kurtzberg J, Martin P, Chao N, Stevens CE, and Rubinstein P. Stem Cells, 2000; 18:153-154.
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The Placental/Umbilical Cord Blood Program of the New York Blood Center: A progress report.
Ann NY Acad Sci, 1999; 872:328-34.
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Outcomes among 562 recipients of placental-blood transplants from unrelated donors.

Rubinstein P, Carrier CM, Scaradavou A, Kurtzberg J, Adamson J, Migliaccio AR, Berkowitz RL, Cabbad M, Dobrila NL, Taylor PE, Rosenfield RE, and Stevens CE. New Engl J Med, 1998; 339:1565-1577.
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Hematologic engraftment and reconstitution of immune function post unrelated placental cord blood transplant in an adult with acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Laughlin MJ, Rizzieri DA, Smith CA, Moore JO, Lilly S, McGaughey D, Martin P, Carrier C, Stevens CE, Rubinstein P, Buckley R, and Kurtzberg J. Leuk Res, 1998; 22:215-9.
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A murine model for human cord blood transplantation: Near-term fetal and neonatal peripheral blood cells can achieve long-term bone marrow engraftment in sublethally irradiated adult recipients.
Scaradavou A, Isola L, Rubinstein P, Galperin Y, Najfeld V, Berlin D, Gordon J, and Weinberg RS. Blood, 1997; 89:1089-1099.
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Detection of maternal DNA in placental/umbilical cord blood by locus-specific amplification of the noninherited maternal HLA gene.

Scaradavou A, Carrier C, Mollen N, Stevens CE, and Rubinstein P. Blood, 1996; 88:1494-1500.
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Cord blood transplantation from an unrelated donor in an adult with chronic myelogenous leukemia.
Laporte JP, Gorin NC, Rubinstein P, Lesage S, Portnoi MF, Barbu V, Lopez M, Douay L, and Najman A. New Engl J Med, 1996; 335:167-170.
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Placental blood as a source of hematopoietic stem cells for transplantation into unrelated recipients.
Kurtzberg J, Laughlin M, Graham ML, Smith C, Olson JF, Halperin, EC, Ciocci G, Carrier C, Stevens CE, and Rubinstein P. New Engl J Med, 1996; 335:157-166.
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Processing and cryopreservation of placental/umbilical cord blood for unrelated bone marrow reconstitution.
Rubinstein P, Dobrila L, Rosenfield RE, Adamson, JW, Migliaccio G, Migliaccio AR, Taylor PE, and Stevens CE. Proc Natl Acad Sci, (USA), 1995; 92:10119-10122.
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Collection, separation and cryopreservation of umbilical cord blood for use in transplantation.
Harris DT, Schumacher MJ, Rychlik S, Booth A, Acevedo A, Rubinstein P, Bard J, and Boyse, EA. Bone Marrow Transplantation, 1994; 13:135-143.
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Umbilical cord blood infusion in a patient for correction of wiskott aldrich syndrome.
Kernan NA, Schroeder ML, Ciavarella D, Pretii RA, Rubinstein P, and O'Reilly RJ. Blood Cells, 1994; 20 (2): 245-248.
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The use of umbilical cord blood in mismatched related and unrelated hemopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Kurtzberg J, Graham M, Casey J, Olson J, Stevens CE, and Rubinstein P. Blood Cells, 1994; 20 (2):275-284.
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Unrelated placental blood for bone marrow reconstitution: Organization of the placental blood program.
Rubinstein P, Taylor PE, Scaradavou A, Adamson JW, Migliaccio G, Emanuel D, Berkowitz RL, Alvarez E, and Stevens CE. Blood Cells, 1994; 20 (2):587-600.
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Placental blood-derived hematopoietic stem cells for unrelated bone marrow reconstitution.
Rubinstein P. J Hematother, 1993; 2(2):207-210.
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Stored placental blood for unrelated bone marrow reconstitution.
Rubinstein P, Rosenfield RE, Adamson JW, and Stevens CE. Blood, 1993; 81:1679-1690.
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Growth characteristics and expansion of human umbilical cord blood and estimation of its potential for transplantation in adults.
Broxmeyer HE, Hangoc G, Cooper S, Ribeiro RC, Graves V, Yoder M, Wagner J, Vadhan-Raj S, Benninger L, Rubinstein P, and Broun ER. Proc Natl Acad Sci, 1992; 89:4109-4113.
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Mitch Santana and his brother, Brad, and parents, Minnie and Thomas with Drs. Rubinstein and Stevens

Seven-year-old Mitch Santana (front row in striped shirt) and his brother, Brad, and parents, Minnie and Thomas with Drs. Rubinstein and Stevens, during a July 6, 1999 visit to the NYBC. At left is Dr. Robert L. Jones, President of the NY Blood Center. In 1993, Mitch was the second unrelated cord blood recipient in the world.