21st Century Cord Blood Stem Cell Treatments

Medical fact is that in excess of 80 very serious diseases and illnesses have been proven in practice, rather than simply in theory, to be treatable with the miraculous use of cord blood stem cells.  This represents no small achievement.  As medical science progresses at a relentless pace, more and more expectant parents in their multiple thousands are asking themselves the question – If, heaven forbid, our child contracts a life threatening illness in the future, how can we prepare to throw it a crucial lifeline?

Time and time again, the answer is coming back to them loudly and clearly – the power lies within the umbilical cord stem cell.  Easy and pain free collection and preservation during the birthing process can offer the key to efficient and speedy cures.  Of course, every parent hopes against hope that their children will live long, happy and healthy lives that are relatively unscathed by sickness, particularly of the most serious kinds.  However, afflictions and diseases are unpredictable and strike randomly.

Many of the transplants and treatments that are currently utilizing cord blood cells are already curing high profile illnesses such as leukemia, anemia, Hodgkin’s disease, sickle cell disease and breast cancer.  These merely represent the best known, but no less potentially deadly, of the list.  Yet this is the present and medical science doesn’t stand still or rest on its laurels.  Future breakthroughs are being researched and studied right now and early indicators are extremely positive.

If parents can imagine that cord blood banking might cure any of the diseases already mentioned, they probably need no further convincing that it’s a matter of common sense, of love and of nurture.  Looking at the expected advancements in the field and the pace at which new miracles are discovered and performed, they might soon be able to add the treatment of heart diseases, strokes, spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s to the mix.

Furthermore, diabetes stem cells are very much under the microscope.  Whilst an approximated 23.6 million Americans suffer from diabetes, there is currently no prevention or cure.  Guarantees are obviously impossible when research is still ongoing.  Yet the potent combination of the current and potentially future capabilities stacks up overwhelmingly for parents whose key consideration is the future health of their children.  Isn’t that all parents?

It is also the key consideration for Cryo-Cell Cord Blood Bank, which has done more than specialise in the cord blood banking process since 1989.  Besides being a service provider, it is also integral to the pushing of boundaries within the field via extensive research and development.  It is at the forefront of 21st century cord blood technology and is already involved in new 22nd century treatments long before the 2100s.

PerkinElmer’s ViaCord: First bank to offer storage of cord stem cells harvested from umbilical cord blood preservation

PerkinElmer Inc. is regarded as the most reputed and leading organizations in the whole world. It is providing its services for the health improvement, people safety and environment. ViaCord is a branch of the company that deals in the collection of cord cells for the family. Few days back the company announced that ViaCord is soon going to provide the service of umbilical cord blood banking for the easy exctraction of the stem cells. Baby umbilical cord is known to contain rich quantity of Mesenchymal stem cells. The storage of stem cells of the cord tissue and cord blood stem cells of the newly born provides a wide range of cells.

These cells then increase the chances of successful treatment for a number of diseases. There have been performed about more than fifty clinical trials for these mesenchymal stem cells and the results have been published. The findings highlight the effectiveness of these umbilical cord stem cells for the medical and science field. The research that was published shows that the stem cells obtained from tissue are capable to cure a number of diseases that is cardio, diabetes type 1, Alzheimer’s diseases, injuries or Parkinson’s disease.

These services provided are the first that have been enabled after an agreement with Auxocell Laboratories, Inc. It is the top stem cell therapeutic and also regenerative company of medicine. As per the terms of license contract, the customers of the ViaCord will be provided with full access of banking of cord tissue for the whole family. It is being done for the expansion of mesenchymal stem cells extracted from the tissues present in umbilical cord. Moreover, ViaCord is also making use of the Auxocell’s technology that is fully validated for the processing and cryopreservation of these cells.

ViaCord’s chief scientific officer, Morey Kraus said that in the meeting of International Placenta Stem Cell Society in October 2010, Auxocell researchers presented their findings. They suggested that stem cells obtained from the umbilical cord blood collection when mixed with the cord blood stem cells help in engraftment that is six times much improved simply over the cord blood.  ViaCord is further very interested in providing other stem cell sources for its customers. The collaboration between both the organizations is so strong that it has invoked further high confidence in the customers to use the services of the company.

All this is just because of valid techniques of stem cell processing and special access for the expansion of stem cells. Thus the ViaCord cord blood banking for the family is currently providing expectant families with the choice of cord blood preservation of their baby to be used by the child or family member in future. Till date, the company has successfully provided the storage service for more than 250,000 infants. Twenty years ago there was only one disease for which these stem cells were used and that is Fanconi’s anemia. Nowadays, there are around eighty wide ranges of diseases that can be successfully cured. These include cancer, immune disorder and also various blood disorders. In 2010 the company was found to generate an income of about 1.7 billion with employees up to 6200 and serving above 150 countries.

New treatment for young cerebral palsy patients using baby cord blood banking

The world is fully aware about the role played by the umbilical cord stem cells in treatment of various diseases. Recently Australian researchers came to know about one more revolutionary treatment of the umbilical cord blood. Researchers of Melbourne medical center told that now Australasian children suffering from cerebral palsy would be able to get treatment through cord blood. The scientists are engaged to get an approval for a clinical trial at Monash Medical Centre of Melbourne. Once they would get an ethical approval, scientists would engage themselves to do trial on twenty children.

The main objective behind conducting the research is to confirm whether cord stem cells are effective in repairing the damage of brain tissue or cerebral palsy. North Carolina’s University of Duke Professor Joanne Kurtzberg is busy with research in this particular field for last five years. Professor Kurtzberg has been infusing cord blood with cerebral palsy of about two hundred and fifty children over this time duration. There is no published scientific detail for the effectiveness of treatment.  However, the researchers of Australia are highly involved in understanding the impact on children’s brain suffering from cerebral palsy. Kurtzberg said that this treatment is completely safe and feasible for such patients.

Recently parents from Brisbane, Archer family travelled to America for the treatment of their son suffering from epilepsy and cerebral palsy. The cord blood transplant was done four months earlier and their son has shown an improvement to a large extent. The significance of cord blood comes to light as the blood found in placenta or baby cord is always rich in large amount of stem cells. The stem cells further develop into other types of cells in human body. According to the obstetrics Health Director Professor Euan Wallace told that several animal studies have suggested that the stem cells found in cord blood show effective treatment for the repair and assistance of different brain injuries .

According to a theory, these stem cells go to the injured region of the brain and start generating cells out there for the repair. However, scientists are not sure what the exact phenomenon is.  All the children under trial will be soon be provided with the blood and complete neurological assessment. They would be then randomly invoked with the cord blood either straight away or three months before they would be assessed again. The cord blood taken from baby cord blood banking has shown numerous benefits like treatment of blood disorders and also in regeneration of lost appendages or damaged organs.

The under trial children might receive the cord blood either from the private or public bank. Mark Kirkland Medical Director and Associate Professor of Cell care center, a private cord blood bank says that the trial is one of its first kind which is being done for the assessment of effectiveness of cord blood stem cells against a number of diseases. After continuous research for several years now it has been proved that cord blood shows bundle of therapies against several fatal diseases. These include treatment for diabetes, spinal cord injury, liver, heart disease, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer disease. Now, there would be one more addition to the success of this trial that is of repairing of brain disease.

Modern mums moving to modern scientific approaches of cord blood collection

With the most pioneering science discovery, mothers are also making use of such methods for the health concern of their baby. Belinda Hunter, an Australian mother, has been successful to save the life of her baby not only once but two times. She is in fact among those several mothers of the country who are doing insurance for the baby. No, they are not at all paying to an insurance company but they are engaged in cord blood preservation of stem cells of their new born. These cells are being transferred for the cryopreservation of cells and for banking in future. Few seconds after the birth of junior Hunter, the umbilical cord blood and stem cells present in them were extracted carefully. These cells collected are to be used in future for the treatment of several diseases especially cancer.

The trend has taken sudden rise because about fifty percent of people diagnosed with several blood disorders every year do not find a match for their bone marrow. To find a donor who is compatible can take time or might not be found. The only way to combat this situation is umbilical storage during birth. It is only one procedure which can prove to be an elixir of the baby’s life. Umbilical cord blood is the most valuable resource for the treatment as it acts as a perfect match due to no immune rejection. Moreover, many of the parents view the cord blood storage as a profitable investment. As per Mr. and Mrs. Hunter cord blood cost of eighteen years storage was the most worthwhile expenditure at this time and for future also.

Parents also believe that it is not sure whether their baby is going to need these or not. On the other hand their storage can be used for the baby and or even another child. Stem cells obtained from the umbilical cord blood is regarded among the best stem cell source that act as repair cells for treatments against numerous blood diseases including blood cancer. Nowadays, scientists are also involved in the study of use of stem cells against cardio and brain disorders. With the popularity of the trend, more and more companies in the whole country are offering the services of private cord blood banking.

As per Dr. Andrew Davidson, Stem life Medical Director and also gynecologist, many Gold Coast Women are very keen about this new trend.  Nowadays, they do not want to miss the golden chance to provide second life to their baby. It is beneficial for both parents as well as company as parents get relaxed after banking of the cord blood collection and on the other hand company receives the valuable stem cells. Dr. Davidson shared that a research was done which showed that only one in 220 cases donate the cord blood for the treatment in the future either for themselves or for their siblings or family members. Stem cells are not the complete solution for cancer treatment. They can however be effectively used in recovery of diseases. Researchers are fully assured that their more uses will come into light with continuous research in this field.

Cord blood cells warn pregnant ladies to beware of high exposure against traffic pollutants

According to a very recent study done in New York a very strange fact came into light.  Researchers found that pregnant mothers if get high exposure to pollutants; it might create some severe behavior problems for their babies who are soon going to enter the world. The study was done on about 215 children who were under monitoring since their birth. It was discovered that those with more level of exposure to pollution in the blood samples from their umbilical cord blood collection were found to have high problems. These were like depression and anxiety at the mere age of five or seven years as compared to those with less exposure to traffic pollutants.

Federica Perera, a scientist, works in the Columbia center of children environment health, is currently working to determine how chemicals in cord affect the whole life of growing womb. Perera and the team measured the pollutant traces of mainly polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and various other combustion chemicals in the umbilical cord blood of new born. During inhalation by the mother these pollutants travel through placenta and then link to the DNA of the womb. It then forms blood adducts and other tissues that are useful to determine a biological measure of the chemicals made as a result of incomplete fossil fuel combustion . The babies found to have more chemicals in the cord blood encounter more problems in behavior.

 It is the main reason why scientists ask parents to donate cord blood at the time of the birth of baby. They have found hundred of elements there that have aided themselves to discover several treatments against some several diseases till now. In the urban cities, traffic pollution is one of the major problems. The research showed that the urban air contains millions of pollutants. In addition to this the scientists have also discovered several other sources like harmful pollutants in the environment through tobacco smoke and unhealthy diet. It is also a noteworthy point that all the mothers included in the study were non-smokers. This study was done at the center of Columbia for the environmental health of children (CCCEH) and Cancer research institute in England.

The study is the first step for examination of behavioral effects due to pollutant exposure before birth by use of biological marker. The research on cord blood cells is further getting more concern because of the increasing problems of depression and anxiety. It affects the academic performance and also the relationship with peer groups later on. According to Dr. Perera a major solution to reduce the air pollutants is through use of energy efficiency, pollution control methods and other optional energy sources. Public health Mailman school was founded in the year of 1922. It is among the first three health academies of public in the country. The faculty working here is to address several issues such as heart diseases, child health, maternal health, climate change and health policy. It is regarded as the top leader among several education centers of public health with three hundred faculty members of different disciplines and one-thousand graduates. It is actually a home for many world famous researchers.

Cord blood bank America will now offer stem cell collection services

It is true that Cord Blood America, Inc. is soon going to provide the umbilical cord blood banking facility and that too at a discounted rate for the members. It has been possible because of the recent agreement between Cord Blood America and BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee. The price charged would be much lower as compared to BlueCross BlueShield contacts signed earlier. The total number of conscription for the BlueCross is three million. Out of them more than fifty percent are situated in Tennessee. Members however can also enlist in the ‘Afford-A-Cord’ program of the Cord Blood America. Under this program members can go for storage process in the beginning at very low initial charges.

Tennessee is infact coming out as the first place that is dedicated to educate the pregnant women about the importance of cord blood storage and different choices they can opt for. Matthew Schissler, CEO and Co-founder of CBA said that it is all being done because of the legislation approved in the state recently.   Schissler further said that he is very glad with the partnership between CorCell, their brand of United States and BlueCross. Now the company would be able to provide much life saving facilities to the members. Not only this, they will also provide several courses to the nurses and also to many health care experts on the significance of stem cells storage.

Schissler further says that the agreement between the two has been done because of main focus on organic growth for the Cord blood bank America, Inc. The company is concerned for the education of all families and medical communities of the state regarding the umbilical cord blood donation. Further, it would be provided at a discounted offer. In the current date the stem cells extracted form umbilical cord are used to treat eighty diseases that include blood cancer, anemia, immune disorders and several blood disorders. The research is being done continuously to find treatment against several disorders. These include diabetes, cardio disease; Parkinson’s and many more that are considered fatal.

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is currently offering the customers several health solutions and treatments and that too at a much reasonable rate. The organization was founded in the year of 1945 with its location in Chattanooga. It is further devoted to find out a health plan for the all three million members in the state as well as across the country. BlueCross is currently working towards health management approach.  According to this, its full focus is on availing products and services   for the patients which are effective in health improvement and enhance the value and quality of the health positively. BlueCross is in fact an independent unit of association of BlueCross BlueShield which is fully licensed.

Cord blood bank America is indeed CorCell’s parent company. It is working with the mission to become the most reputable company for the preservation of stem cells in the industry. Its aim is to encourage expectant parents for the umbilical cord preservation. With the aid of non-invasive and fully secure method’s cord stem cells have proved their efficacy to play the role of life saving resources.

Cord blood collection industry is on rapid growth

Cord blood banking is providing a much needed boost to the medical industry. The cord blood collection has experienced high growth for the past one year. It is all because of the regular entry of large number of    cord blood banks in this industry that have successfully generated high revenue. On examination of the existing number of banks it has been analyzed that these banks falls not into generally two categories - one is building profit and other is flat line growth.

The main findings of this research are as –

• Sources that inform parents about cord blood perseveration
• Factors affecting growth of public and private banks
• Awareness rate –gender wise, income, location and qualification
• Competitive analysis
• Decision making factor regarding selection of banks
• Expectation of the quality and cord blood banking cost
• Trends in banking and statistics of improvement of health after the transplant
• What approaches are preferred to reach such parents?

These findings have further raised several questions as given below –

• What are the factors responsible for the increased number of new banks?  There can be a number of possible of reasons for this. It can be due to advancement in the therapeutic facilities and a profit opportunity. Another reason is feeling of social responsibility to aware parents about umbilical cord blood collection during the birth.
• What are the effects of the entry of new players on the rivals that are already in the market in the banking industry of cord blood?
• Last but not least another query is- what are the major differences in case of blood banks of cord blood which are experiencing flat growth on comparison with those that are building profits significantly.

A report launched in the month of April 2009 published a survey. The survey was based on the choices of cord blood bank – factors effecting decision making of parents. The study included about twelve hundred expecting parents. The goal was to get an idea how cord banks promote to donate cord blood and marketing of the services to the potential clients. The report discuses some of the specified reasons that parents usually choose during the cord blood storage and also factors effecting the decision to choose a particular bank. Along with this the reports also included information about how to handle the flat line growth and give tough competition to other market players in the industry.   The medical field is giving high support for the cord blood banking is because it has given rise to new advanced treatments. The industry will surely contribute to the growth of the world economy by providing new and advanced treatments.

What possibilities for cord blood bank (CBAI) to recover?

Cord blood America (CBAI.OB) is a company which is devoted for research and further development of stem cells storage and uses. CBAI differentiates itself from its competitors by serving only parents. The company suffered the condition of volatility recently. Everybody started praying for the fast recovery of stocks.  Every person was hoping that the crisis will soon recover and will bring the stock back. This was the reason everyone started buying with same anticipation and it turned this painful hold into a successful one. Talking about future prospects of the cord blood bank, it is going to take more accumulation. 

A large number of holders are eager to sell just to reach breakeven as soon as possible. It thus creates resistance to bring it to cord blood cost of $0.04. The resistance level is defined as the price at which stock or market trades for certain time period but does not exceed. Looking at the chart it can be speculated that the bulls are soon to work slowly and form an ascending triangle. The stocks are possibly volatile i.e. going up and down which can be called as back and forth filling. The low should always be higher low rather than lower low showing that bulls are dominating the sellers gradually.  

Everybody can see there is lesser instability in the market and trading but there is a resistance level that everybody is trying to push. It is possible that this resistance will continue for a longer time period. So, there is requirement for a stronger move against this fixed level of resistance that can attract more buyers. As per big board stock exchange it is good to sell close to the resistance and buy back in case of rejection from resistance. There is another alternative which is to purchase on an aggressive rate that can break the resistance easily.  It lessens the risk as the resistance has been broken. Cheniere energy (LNG) is a very good example in this case. 

The resistance level in LNG similar to CBAI dealing in cord blood preservation was fifty two week high.  So, in this situation one can choose to sell near resistance.  It is because in any case if LNG gets rejected one can earn profits by selling close to the resistance level. The key point to note down here is to get average profit along with occasionally home-run and some strike outs. Any rejection in this stock would be greater push down, therefore tread carefully. 

Cord blood stem cells: A new hope to cure sick children

Cord Blood Bank

Scientists are continually making efforts to find the solution to every problem. It is a result of their efforts that every disease that was considered fatal has a cure. According to a recent study, it has been found out that cord blood stem cells can also be used to cure health problems of children. Researchers are hoping that this study can possibly improve the quality of life of children suffering from damaged nervous system. Cells are obtained from the umbilical cord blood. Umbilical cord is a connection pipe from mother to the baby through which mother supplies food to the baby during pregnancy. Cells are collected at the time of birth and the procedure followed is very painless. 

Earlier doctors used to throw away the umbilical cord as a medical waste. Once its importance was known, doctors started the practice of umbilical cord blood collection and it is very common these days. Today, parents want surgeons to store stem cells in case their child might suffer from a disease or accident in the later stage. Stem cells have the capability to develop into other cells or tissue. The cells replace the damaged cells and start performing their duties. It is being anticipated that these cells will further heal many other disabilities such as hearing, walking and eyesight problems in children having damaged nervous system.   

  

Joanne Kurtzberg is the chief of Blood and Marrow Transplantation Center at the University of Duke. Dr. Kurtzberg has been doing research on cord blood cells for about thirty years. The study involves finding out whether stem cells from cord blood can cure patients or not and if they can then which ones. The team conducted their research on infants suffering from hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. Hypoxic means low level of oxygen in the body cells and organs.  The word ischemic implies that very low amount of blood reaches the organs. Encephalopathy is a condition when the brain does not incur normal development.  

There may be many cases when stem cells may help. A baby can get injured in the uterus during birth or later. This might have an effect on normal breathing or daily routine activities. The study was carried out on cerebral palsy patients. These were provided with umbilical cord stem cells at different times. They were also given placebos that detect a disease which does not require stem cells for its cure. Repeated checks were made to find out whether they are improving in condition or not.  Due to huge financial expense being incurred for this, it is somehow difficult to implement this research on these severely affected children. This is however not going to stop scientists from doing further researches.

Use of Cord blood stem cells in several life-threatening diseases

I am Alex Andrade and I want to share my views on cord blood bank. By cord bloods banking you develop your own capability which supplies umbilical cord blood for the upcoming use. As you know in today’s generation the private and public cord blood banks have developed their own skills and experience just before 1990s in reply to the prospective for cord blood transplants in treating diseases of the blood and unaffected method. Public banks permit contributions to be used for any person’s requirement. Although private cord blood banking, public cord blood banking is supported by the medicinal community. Though, there is tremendously strict policy which public banks necessitate to follow in order to permit the donated units to be added to a registry. Normally, an impatient mother paying attention in donation should get in touch with the bank prior to the 34th week of pregnancy. The cost of cord blood bank was nearly around $300 as I have got it from the private bank.

In today’s life Cord blood stem cells are used in achieve of several life-threatening diseases, and play a significant role in the treatment of blood and unaffected system related to inherited diseases, cancers, and blood disorder. If you compare cord blood banks then different unit is shifted to the lab and processed, and after that cry preserved. There are a lot of ways to practice a cord blood unit, and there are different opinions on what is the best way.

While a baby is born the parents are troubled about all achievable things that might be related to the baby. Several parents make certain that they take safety measures right at the opening of the newborn's journey of life by banking its cord blood. I suggest you that the Baby Cord blood banking has a chief role to play in this situation. A baby might be harmfully affected by illnesses like babyhood cancer, blood diseases, immune system disorders, etc. All these diseases need radiation therapy or chemotherapy to kill the unhelpful cells in the body. These treatments destroy good cells too and this leads to the need of having a stem cell therapy. In this procedure new and healthy cells are produced in the baby's body.

It is an enterprise that supplies private cord blood for outlook use. There are two types of cord blood banks, private cord blood banking and public banking which have developed over the years. The blood collection is very much significant in its efficiency as another substitute source of hematopoietic cells for transplantation. The blood is then taken to the laboratory after collection for giving out and then it is cry-preserved afterwards. Cropreservant is further added to the cord blood during handing out of the blood unit and its purpose is to aid the cells to stay alive while undergoing the cryogenic method.

The benefits of preserving cord blood

The moment I heard about benefits of preserving cord blood of a child, I chose to go for umbilical cord blood donation. According to doctors, the cord blood of children is rich in stem cells which can be used for treating about 75 different types of ailments. Seeing this, I and my wife decided to go for umbilical cord blood donation of our child at Cyro Cell. Stem cells are used for forming white blood cells which can be used for curing ailments such as leukemia, lymphoma, and severe anemia and joint malfunctioning. Only Cyro Cell has given me sufficient faith and belief to donate my child's cord blood so that he can survive a healthy life forever.

In one more event, when our six year old daughter, Joseph, was found with a life taking disorder lymphoma, I and my wife faced host of challenges. We thought this is it and now it is not possible to save our only son. Our doctor though told us about umbilical cord stem cells treatment procedure which is the single way to save the child. Umbilical cord stem cells are stem cells that are resultant from the umbilical cords of newborns. Stem cells are unique cells in the body that have the ability to widen into many other unusual types of cells. In reality, stem cell treatment is already being used to treat certain kinds of cancers.

Regardless of the collection system, the cord blood is stored in a bag and sent to the cord blood bank for processing. The real processing procedure is often the most widespread part of cord blood banking and the reason why cord blood banking costs can be expensive. Currently, the stem cells are extracted from the rest of the blood matter and then stored in a sealed, cryogenic bag. For the initial fees, you're going to be looking at a $400 - $700 charge. This is a onetime charge and this gets the blood banking process going. This usually includes your official procedure, file work, etc. When it comes to your storage, most amenities are available to charge you around $100+ a year, depending on who you decide. Again, you're going to have option and when you make a choice, each company is going to be different on how they handle it. The cost of blood banking can be affordable and less if you take it from any public bank.

Save your baby's cord blood through Cord blood stem cell banking

Hello, I am John Franks and I am writing this to share my ideas on Cord blood stem cells. Cord blood is composed since it contains stem cells, as well as hematopoietic cells, which can be used to care for hematopoietic and hereditary disorders. Although the cord blood does contain stem cells, there are usually not enough stem cells in one unit of cord blood to treat a mature patient. The placenta is a much better source of stem cells since it contains up to ten times more stem cells than cord blood. The use of cord blood stem cells in treating situation such as brain injury and type I diabetes is already being studied in humans, and earlier stage research is being conducted for treatments of stroke, and hearing loss. However, apart from blood disorders, the use of cord blood for other diseases is not a routine clinical modality and remains a major challenge for the stem cell community.

Cord blood stem cell banking is an once-in-a-lifetime chance to save our baby's cord blood stem cells for possible medical uses. Collecting cord blood is a simple, safe, and effortless procedure that usually takes less than five minutes and happens immediately after birth. After the umbilical cord has been cut, the left over blood in the twine is composed. The cord blood is then shipped to the laboratory and ice-covered in cryogenic storage tanks for long-term preservation. Our baby’s umbilical string and cord blood contain lifesaving trunk cells. With Cryo-Save, Europe’s leading stem cells bank, we can save them for a lifetime; thus giving your offspring the best start in life and peace of mind for the future.

At current, umbilical cord blood stem cell storage is done for management of certain high-risk illnesses. In together vaginal and cesarean deliveries, group of cord blood is done before long after delivery however, quantity of cord blood collected in case of caesarian deliveries is less. The process for collecting cord blood is carried out by a practiced midwife or a medical doctor. Months before your due date, the cord blood bank sends you a group kit that contains everything that is needed for the process. The bank also sends your OB or Midwife commands to make sure he or she knows how to collect the blood. When baby is born, and the umbilical cord is cut, the OB or Midwife collects the blood from the left behind umbilical cord and placenta (not from baby) into a needle or blood bag. This cord blood stem cell, banking, storage are the best thing for our babies for saving life for them.

My experience with stem cell treatment

I am Peter Fernandez and I would like to share my experience on Umbilical cord blood donation. My son was a patient of blood cancer and was deadly suffering from this disease. A very effective treatment of his disease was stem cell treatment. In most cases, the umbilical cord is cut after a baby is born; still some amount of blood is leftovers in the placental blood vessels and its attached umbilical cord. This blood is identified as umbilical cord blood. About 180 ml of cord blood can be obtained at the moment of childbirth. Previously after childbirth, the umbilical cord was thrown away as it is no longer required for the baby. Now, instead of throwing away as a waste, it can be donated for civic use. It is notable that donating cord blood neither affects the mother nor the baby. A fit woman (18 years and older) who had a normal pregnancy and delivery can give her child’s umbilical cord blood in public cord-blood banks. This can be used afterward for saving someone with a serious disease. And this novel gift of someone has helped me to save my child’s life.

Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that finally become the unusual types of blood cells. Such cells are very essential in the treatment of, say, leukemia, or cancer of the blood. When patients experience radiation therapy or chemotherapy, their stock stem cells are damaged, leaving them in a very helpless, nearly deadly situation. This was the same condition which was faced by my son. Nowadays, umbilical cords stem cells are being used to treat the patients of blood cancer and several other blood diseases. Conventionally, they accept transplant from a donor via bone marrow transplant or direct normal blood transfusion. These two sources of stem cells are fraught with pain and side-effects, and it is tricky to find a donor match.

The collected blood is kept in bags and sent to the cord-blood bank for prospect use. The cord blood is assigned with an identification numeral. Cord-blood banks can be private or public - private or family cord-blood banks stock up cord blood for future use to take care of diseases within the family, while public banks store the same for the assistance of other people. I approached many banks but was unable to get the exact match for the blood. At last, a bank called “Cyro Cell” provided me the perfect match which we wanted. Cord blood banking cost here was quite reasonable.

Cord Blood Stem Cell Helps in curing millions of lives

It is quite beneficial for our children especially in today’s time and age. The blood that stays in the cord, at the time of delivery was usually thrown away at the time of birth. The cell that is established in all multi cellular organisms is called stem cells. There are two types of stem cell; they are developing stem cells and adult stem cells. The specialty of the stem cells is that it renews the white blood cells. This Cord Blood Stem Cell can be used for various diseases. The stem cells are the master cells of the body. They are termed as master cells as it acts like the structure blocks of the body. The Cord Blood Stem Cells help in tissues, bloods, protected system and many more. Earlier stem cells from the bone core were used for oncological treatments. In the recent years, Cord Blood Stem Cell was proved deadly in curing millions of lives.

Cord blood stem cell banking collection is an essential act, but not custom in delivery rooms. Early as almost 50% of the vaginal child deliveries get rest before the scheduled date. In such cases, even the most devotee parents seem to lose the chance to protect their child’s umbilical cord cells that contain life saving potential for their newborn baby or other members of families. The temperature at which the cord blood is kept is very vital. The cord blood may be used for the donor or the relatives of the donor. In this case the blood is kept in a private bank. If someone wishes to donate the cord blood then the blood is kept in the public bank.

 Cord blood stem cell storage is a state-of-the-art cord blood cryopreservation ability located just exterior of Cincinnati. It is exclusively dedicated to processing and storing your baby's cord blood. Their processing and storage lab's location was chosen due to its low risk of natural disasters, central location, and its nearness to a global hub airport, which enables us to process and store your sample as quickly as possible. Nothing is more important than caring our family. Although our loved ones will never be resistant from accidents or illness, you can have greater peace of mind by banking your baby's unique cord blood stem cells. Cord blood has been saving lives for decades. These are the best things by which our babies live longer with no harm and by our caring.

Cord blood saving the future

A cod blood bank preserves your baby blood for future use. The umbilical cord blood is frezeed and preserved for potential future use. The flexible tissue found in the hollow interior of the bone is called bone marrow. The marrow produces new blood cells. The marrow in human body constitutes 4% of the total body weight. The marrow stromal cells contain the stem cells which are multipotent in nature. The various diseases involving the bone marrow are anemia, tuberculosis, leukemia and many more. In these different kinds of diseases the only best remedy is to assist the patient with fresh stem cells.

The idea of preserving cord blood cell initially involved controversy and certain ethical issues have to be handled if it is collected from embryonic stem cells. No discomfort is caused to the mother or child during umbilical cord blood collection as it is collected only after the cord is detached from the baby after its birth. The laboratories which preserve the cord blood must be CLIA certified and FDA registered. The labs first test the mother’s blood so that it can be used by family and not for self. Once the tests go fine the blood is surely preserved for future use.

Special cryobags are used to store the cord blood. These bags are specially compartmentalized. There are three segments in the bag and the portions include 20 ml and 5 ml. Extra protection is given as the bags are over wrapped. The cells of the blood need to be stored for long term as it is the main part of the blood. Hence the technique which is used to preserve the cord blood is controlled rate freezing. Once the blood is taken in the specialized bag it is put in a protective cassette and placed in liquid nitrogen. This keeps the cord blood frozen.  The preservation method is monitored. The temperature is mainly monitored. Monitoring of the blood is required as the blood is used for critical diseases. Till the stem cell is stored parent have no control over the usage of the blood. Once it is stored one cannot use the same without the parent’s consent. It is believed that the stem cell can be stored for decades. Parents require informing the health care on the 34^th week of the pregnancy that they are interested to preserve the cord blood. The collection takes place in a painless way. Once the blood is collected it is tested. Once the test is done various chemical are used to preserve the blood. The cord blood is used to cure various diseases like Parkinson’s diseases, Schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s diseases, Cancer, Spinal Cord injury, diabetes and many more. Cord blood stem banking has to follow protocol to preserve the cord blood.

Despite of all odds and controversy parents are always encouraged to store their child’s cord blood. The blood may not be needed by the child but other family members can also use it. If parents are not encouraged to store the blood then they may donate it for saving other lives.

Add spark to life and transplant Cord Blood

Cord Blood transplant: Few years back we were unaware of the fact that the blood, which is commonly known as the Placental blood, can be of immense use. Several life threatening diseases like cancer, sickle cell anemia and other genetic diseases can be cured with the cord blood cell. The blood in the umbilical cord is rich in stem cells. Stem cells act like a building block in our body. When a body is affected with a disease like leukemia, the white blood cells stops regenerating in the body. The stem cells in the cord blood have the ability to reproduce more than 200 types of tissues.

At the time of delivery, the blood from the umbilical cord needs to be collected within 10 minutes from the delivery. Once the blood is collected, several chemicals are added for the preservation. The cord blood can be stored for the donor itself or for general use. In case the blood is donated, it is kept in the Public bank and if the same is collected for personal use then it is kept in the private banks. Once the cord blood is injected to the patient it adds spark to life. No other medicine in the world can do such wonder as the cord blood. The research on cord blood is a very young invention. But the positive effect of the invention is spreading across the world. Bone Marrow transplantation has proved successful several years back. The alternative to it is Cord Blood transplantation. First the blood types and several other factors between the donor and the patient are checked. Once the blood type matches, the cord blood is injected in the patient. This way several diseases are cured and people lead a disease less life. Few recent researches have shown that even in case of unmatched cord blood, the transplantation has been successful. The magic is actually in the stem cells. As the stem cells can regenerate it helps to create white blood cells in the body. Hence it cures several diseases. The cord blood is collected from the umbilical cord, which is not only rich in stem cells, it also have several other nutrients. Stem cells have hematopoietic cells, which help in curing different types of genetic disorders. Researchers have said that the cord blood does hold enough blood to cure an adult. The placenta is a better source of stem cell. Even it holds a larger amount of stem cells which a cure an adult. Cord blood also cures diabetes, cardio vascular diseases and many other diseases. Researchers believe that in the coming days the stem cells will be used for curing Parkinson’s disease, Spinal cord injuries, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis.

However, few ethical groups are against the usage of stem blood cells as it involves destruction of embryos. Many drugs are been tested on the stem cells and not on animals or human testers. Stem cells can detect the power of the drugs and assist to detect the effect of the same of humans. Stem cells have proved fatal in the study of abnormal birth.