Abstract:Background and Aim: The optimum storage and transport of freshly harvested hemopoetic progenitor cells (HPC) in the liquid state is not specified in the JACIE and FACT guidelines. Depending upon transplant centre, there is a range of reported ideal temperatures (1°C to 24°C) for HPC storage and transport but little data exists to justify the recommendations. Due to the limitations of Trypan Blue viability assays and CFU-GM colony assays, we used a no-lyse, CD34 assay (Sartor et al, Bone Marrow Transplantation … Show more
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