リーダーズダイジェスト11月号に "Blood Matters" と題された "cord blood"/"stem cell" に関する記事がありました。 次ぎの文はその一部です。
Most parents I spoke with said they are storing their child's cord blood just in case there's need to use it in the future. However, I wonder if they delved into more research on the subject? I did, and discovered that the case for future autologous transplant (using one's own cells) is not only very rare but also counter-intuitive.
"autologous" の意味は括弧内に説明があるので分かりますが、やはり辞書の説明を見ます。
・OneLook Quick Definitions; derived from organisms of the selfsame individual ("Autologous blood donation")
・Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary:
1 : derived from the same individualautologous(incubated lymphoid cells with autologous tumor cells)
2 : involving one individual as both donor and recipient (as of blood)(an autologous blood transfusion), an autologous bone marrow transplant)
Most parents I spoke with said they are storing their child's cord blood just in case there's need to use it in the future. However, I wonder if they delved into more research on the subject? I did, and discovered that the case for future autologous transplant (using one's own cells) is not only very rare but also counter-intuitive.
"autologous" の意味は括弧内に説明があるので分かりますが、やはり辞書の説明を見ます。
・OneLook Quick Definitions; derived from organisms of the selfsame individual ("Autologous blood donation")
・Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary:
1 : derived from the same individualautologous(incubated lymphoid cells with autologous tumor cells)
2 : involving one individual as both donor and recipient (as of blood)(an autologous blood transfusion), an autologous bone marrow transplant)
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