St George and Sutherland Hospitals 1 article published in JoVE Immunology and Infection Megakaryocyte Differentiation and Platelet Formation from Human Cord Blood-derived CD34+ Cells Jose Perdomo1, Feng Yan1, Halina H.L. Leung1, Beng H. Chong1,2 1Haematology Research Unit, St George and Sutherland Clinical School, University of New South Wales, 2Haematology Department, St George and Sutherland Hospitals A highly pure population of megakaryocytes can be obtained from cord blood-derived CD34+ cells. A method for CD34+ cell isolation and megakaryocyte differentiation is described here.
