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  • Cord Blood Collection Process
    Cord Blood banks collect and store stem cells after the birth of the children from the umbilical cord. The reason for this collection and storage is to use in transplants for patients that have different life-threatening diseases, such as heart or liver diseases, genetic disorders and blood disorders. The process of cord blood collection is explained here.
  • Cord Blood Banking
    When a mother is still pregnant with her child, the umbilical cord is actually considered as the lifeline between the mother and the baby. Once the umbilical cord has been discarded after the baby?s birth, then you will lose the chance of being able to obtain precious cells that the cord contains which are an exact match with your baby and that you can have preserved. By preserving your baby?s stem cells through cord blood banking, your baby will be ensured to have a guaranteed source for perfectly matched cells that can help your child during unfortunate events (like a life threatening illness). These cells would actually come in handy when it comes to combating this disease. All you have to do is just have it set up during the time of your delivery.
  • Cord Blood Preservation - How Effective Is It?
    Well, it is good if you have decided that you want to preserve your child's umbilical cord blood. You are spending a lot of money on this. Come let's know how effective these banking measures are. Let us have a quick glance at how the entire process of stem cells preservation works.
  • What You Must Know About Cord Blood Banks
    Along with banks that keep your money, there are other banks, which possess a high level of importance for storing umbilical cord blood cells. An umbilical cord blood bank allows parents or legal guardians to store cells extracted from the umbilical cord blood and placenta for use in future for the well-being of the newborn child or its family members. Collection, processing and storage of blood cells found in your child's umbilical cord are managed by highly specialized teams of professionals. These cord blood cells are miraculous healing cells and can be stored only once in a lifetime, therefore, careful measures should be taken in order to select a cord blood bank.
  • Umbilical Cord Blood
    Cord blood, also known as placental blood, is the blood that remains in umbilical cord and placenta following a live birth. There are 3 sources of stem cells: umbilical cord blood, embryonic cells and bone marrow. Adult stem cells from bone marrow have limited uses while embryonic stem cell research is a major area of controversy. Umbilical cord blood stem cells are more proliferate and can be successfully substituted for embryonic stem cells in research and treatment.
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