About the Authors

Jeremy Magalon

Affiliations ESSEC Business School, Paris-Singapore, France, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille CIC BT 1409, Marseille, France, Vascular Research Center of Marseille, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France

Martin Maiers

Affiliation National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Joanne Kurtzberg

Affiliation Carolinas Cord Blood Bank, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Cristina Navarrete

Affiliation NHS Cord Blood Bank, NHS Blood and Transplant, London, United Kingdom

Pablo Rubinstein

Affiliation National Cord Blood Program, New York Blood Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Colin Brown

Affiliation NHS Cord Blood Bank, NHS Blood and Transplant, London, United Kingdom

Catherine Schramm

Affiliation INSERM U1138, Paris Descartes University, UPMC, Paris, France

Jérome Larghero

Affiliation Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

Sandrine Katsahian

Affiliations INSERM U1138, Paris Descartes University, UPMC, Paris, France, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

Christian Chabannon

Affiliation Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CIC BT 1409, Marseille, France

Christophe Picard

Affiliation EFS Alpes Méditerranée, Marseille, France

Alexander Platz

Affiliation DKMS Cord Blood Bank, Dresden, Germany

Alexander Schmidt

Affiliation DKMS Cord Blood Bank, Dresden, Germany

Gregory Katz

katz@essec.edu

Affiliation ESSEC Business School, Paris-Singapore, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM GK. Performed the experiments: JM CS GK. Analyzed the data: JM CS SK MM GK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM JK CP CN CB CC JL AP AS. Wrote the paper: GK JM MM CN PR JL CP CC AS.