JCO, IAEA report: Umbilical cord

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@hotmail.com>]

I am reading the IAEA preliminary report on the JCO accident. On page 31 I 
find the following for Mr. B: "Since no appropriate related donors were 
found, though, it was decided that transplantation of umbilical cord blood 
cells should be performed, and fetal stem cells taken from his umbilical 
cord were infused on 8 October..."

I don't get this. Can anyone clarify where the cells came from? Was it a 
baby relative or any newborn? I assume that the idea is to work with cells 
that have not been immunologically imprinted and therefore should be more 
compatible with foreign immune systems without rejection.

My own ideas only & Merry Christmas to you all (Xmas is over here - lots of 
rain in southern Sweden BTW),

Bjorn Cedervall     bcradsafers@hotmail.com

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