Sousa, André
Coelho, Pedro
Leite, Fernanda
Teixeira, Catarina
Rocha, Ana Catarina
Santos, Inês
Baylina, Pilar
Fernandes, Ruben
Soares, Raquel
Costa, Raquel
Gomes, Andreia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3258-1773
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bebé Vida - Ciências Para A Vida, S.A
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (UID/BIM/0493/2020)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (2021.06521.BD)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto (IPP4COVID/BI/02/2020)
Porto Research, Technology & Innovation Center (PORTIC/LabMi/BI/2021/03)
Universidade do Porto
Article History
Received: 20 May 2022
Accepted: 6 February 2023
First Online: 19 February 2023
Declarations
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: Author AG is an employee of “Bebé Vida—Ciências Para A Vida, S.A”, a Portuguese cord blood banking company. Figure for graphical abstract was created with BioRender software, ©biorender.com.
: The informed consent for the use of umbilical cord samples for research was obtained in accordance with the requirements of the local law at the time of collection.CB and UC units were collected by qualified health care professionals in authorized maternity hospitals. Before delivery, mothers signed an informed consent donating these samples for both research and validation purposes.
: All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.