Bone Marrow Purging and Processing

This volume assesses research findings as well as the clinical aspects now in use for selectively separating subpopulations of cells from bone marrow. It examines a full range of purging processes including transplantation programs, cryopreservation, cell isolation and cell growth, specificity testing and quality control, as well as the development of alternative sources of stem cells, including peripheral blood and cadaveric marrow. It also presents the conditions necessary to optimize graft toxicity and bone marrow transportation and addresses newer techniques of gene probing/processing as well as mechanisms of genetic alteration including electroporation.