Table of contents Placenta and Pregnancy Stem Cell.- Cord Blood Stem Cells-The Basic Science.- Ex Vivo Expansion of Cord Blood.- Gene Expression Profiling in Cord Blood and Gene Integration Mapping in Peripheral Blood.- Hematopoietic Stem Cells from Umbilical Cord Blood.- To Characterize Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSC) Derived from Cord Blood in Comparison to the Classical Bone Marrow Derived MSC and also with Adipose Tissue Derived MSC.- Cord Blood Mesenchymal Stem Cell.- Double Cord Blood Transplants.- Cord Blood Transplantation for Paediatric Non-Malignant Condition.- Cord Blood Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancies.- Possibilities of Using Cord Blood for Improving the Biocompatibility of Implants.- Use of Cord Blood Stem Cells in the Interphase to Improve the Bio-friendliness of Ceramic Implants.- Transfusion Potentialities of Cord Blood to Combat Anemia of Any Aetiology.- Cord Blood: Opportunities and Challenges for the Reconstructive Surgeon.- Umbilical Cord blood Transfusion A Clinical Overview.- Cord Blood Use in Ischaemic Stroke.- Cord Blood for Allogeneic and Autologous Banking.- Establishment of the UK Stem Cell Bank and Its Role in Stem Cell Science.- Ethics and Cord Blood