| AAP | American Academy of Pediatrics |
| ACOG | The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists |
| ASBMT | American Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation |
| ARDS | Acute respiratory distress syndrome |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| CBUs | Cord Blood Units |
| CIBMTR | Center for International Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Research |
| dmPGE2 | Dimethyl prostaglandin E2 |
| dUC | Differential Ultracentrifugation |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| HCB | Human Cord Blood |
| HCT | Hematopoietic cell transplantation |
| HPCs | Hematopoietic progenitor cells |
| HLA | Human leukocyte antigen |
| HSCs | Hematopoietic stem cells |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| IDM | Infectious disease marker |
| MNC | Mononuclear cell |
| MSC | Mesenchymal stem cells |
| MDSs | Myelodysplastic Syndromes |
| nPES | Nanoplasmon-Enhanced Scattering |
| RBCs | Red blood cells |
| TNCs | Total Nucleated Cells |
| UCB | Umbilical Cord Blood |