The article summarizes current trends in the use of umbilical cord blood components in medical practice and describes the origin, types and tendencies of cord blood banks development in Ukraine and abroad. Presented results of the opinion poll of residents of different regions of Ukraine on the subject “stem cells” / “cell therapy” demonstrate a high awareness and interest of various sociological categories of the population on modern medical technologies using stem cells as well as positive attitude of pregnant women and obstetricians towards cord blood banking. The importance of creating a public cord blood bank in Ukraine is substantiated.

The paper highlights the features of cord blood stem cells banking worldwide, modern trends of development of this biomedical industry, problems and prospects. The role of the sector of public and family cord blood banks in shaping of the market of storage of human cells and tissue is considered. The data of sociological surveys in Ukraine and abroad, to evaluate the level of awareness of future parents and medical community about the value and possibilities of storage of cord blood is presented. The study revealed favorable preconditions and emphasized the social importance of creating a public cord blood bank in Ukraine in the perspective of its integration with international registries of hematopoietic stem cells.

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Arterial aneurysms (AA) are protrusions of a pathologically altered artery wall in a limited area. Intracranial aneurysms are divided into three morphological types: 1) saccular - protrusion of the vessel wall looks like a small bag with a more or less formed neck; 2) fusiform - protrusion occurs throughout a certain segment of the vessel without the formation of a neck; 3) exfoliating - a false lumen is formed in the wall of the artery along some of its length, along which blood rushes.