These results support the notion that the HALO assay is a reasonable approach for measuring the functional potential of hematopoietic progenitors in UCB. Moreover, because the final readout for the HALO assay is instrument based, unlike the CFC assay, which requires a subjective enumeration of colonies, the HALO assay may be more amenable to standardization.
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