title: Halachic and medical perspectives on banking umbilical cord stem cells.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University, USA.
authors.forename: Howard David
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Apfel
authors.forename: Shimon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Isaacson
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks / Q000941:ethics*; D001782:Blood Donors; D036101:Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000941:ethics*; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000166:cytology* / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007599:Judaism