About the Authors

Dity Natan

dity@coredynamics.com

Affiliation Core Dynamics Ltd., Ness-Ziona, Israel

Arnon Nagler

Affiliation Hematology Division, BMT and Cord Blood Bank, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel

Amir Arav

Affiliation Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Bet Dagan, Israel

Competing Interests

I am a co-inventor of the following patent applications in the field of UCB cryopreservation, which are licensed to Core Dynamics. · WO03/020874 - Improved Method for Freezing Viable Cells · WO07/015252 - Somatic Cells for Use in Cell Therapy · WO05/072523 - Biological Material and Methods and Solutions for Preservation Thereof

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DN AA. Performed the experiments: DN AN. Analyzed the data: DN AN AA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AN. Wrote the paper: DN AA.