The largest family cord blood bank, Cryo-Cell offers cord blood collection, cord blood storage and cord blood preservation at our private cord blood bank facility.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
The power to regenerate
Recently it has been discovered that the stem cells have the power to regenerate. Moreover, it is rich in white blood cells. The stem cells can repair the dead and dying cells in the body. The undifferentiated cells, which can differentiate into specialized cell types, are called stem cells. Stem cells can be broadly divided into two parts, embryo stem cells and adult stem cells. Further, there are majorly three types of stem cells; they are Hematopoietic stem cells, Mesenchymal stem cells and endothelial stem cells. All multi cellular organisms have Stem cells. The various sources of stem cells are umbilical cord blood, Bone marrow and many more. The umbilical cord blood has blood rich in stem cells. The stem cells can repair the dying or the dead cells. Many researchers are of the opinion that stem cell treatments will change the face of human disease and alleviate suffering very soon. Stem cells have the ability to self-renew and give rise to subsequent generations with variable degrees of differentiation capacities.
The blood from the umbilical cord is collected within 10 minutes from the birth. Parent need to inform the health center about donating the umbilical cord blood cell within 34th week of the pregnancy. Once the blood is collected, it is tested and then preserved. The method of collecting the umbilical cord blood is absolutely painless. The blood may be used for public or private use. If the blood is donated, it is then preserved in the private bank. However if the blood is preserved for personal use it is then preserved in the private bank. This Cord Blood Stem Cell can save lives affected with Parkinson’s diseases, Schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s diseases, Cancer, Spinal Cord injury, diabetes and many more. The stem cells can repair the damaged tissues which forms the part of the vascular endothelial cells, which again forms the inner lining of the blood vessels. The blood containing high percentage of stem cell is rich in white blood cells and thus it helps in bone marrow transplantation.
The umbilical cord is commonly known as the birth cord or the funiculus umbilicalis, which connects the developing embryo to the placenta. This special cord supplies oxygen, nutrient rich blood to the fetus from the placenta. It is generally 50 cms long and 2 cms in diameter. The blood in the umbilical cord is rich in stem cells. The importance of stem cells is that it can regenerate the white blood cells. Hence, this blood is very useful for several diseases. Mainly it is used bone marrow transplantation as the blood in the umbilical cord is rich in white blood cells and it renews the cell.
The only problem with the umbilical cord blood is that few ethical groups have raised few questions as it involves destruction of human embryos. Though there are different other source of blood which is rich in Stem Cells. Even the menstrual blood is rich in Stem Cells.
Let’s stop throwing away the umbilical blood
Once parents start excepting a child, there are many things, which they need to plan. For example, the name, the room, the doctor and many more. Today out of all these, the most important thing, which parents plan, is if they require storing the umbilical cord blood or not. The reason t store the blood is very simple. A safe future is always wished by parents for their wards. Parent can store the blood for their child or for public use too. The Umbilical Cord Blood is rich in stem cells and stem cells are rich in white blood cells. The main feature of the stem cells is that it has the ability to regenerate itself. It simple language it is the building block of the body. The undifferentiated cells, which can differentiate into specialized cell types, are called stem cells. The moment the baby is born the umbilical cord blood has to be collected. The mentionable fact is that the blood should be collected within 10 minutes from the birth. Once the blood is collected, it tested. If the test results are fine then several chemicals are added to preserve the same. The umbilical cord blood needs to be kept at a particular temperature, which is neither too high nor too low. It is very important to store this blood. This umbilical cord blood may be stored for general use or for personal use. If parent decide to store the blood for personal use then it is stored in the private bank. Around $ 1000 to $ 2000 is needed to store the blood at the private bank. Once the umbilical cord blood is stored at the private bank the link to the donor is maintained. The blood may be later used for the donor or any relatives too. The blood is used only with the permission of the donor’s parent. Once the donor is 18 years old then permission of the donor is required. If parent decide to donate the umbilical cord blood, then the blood is stored in the public bank. The link with the donor and the donated umbilical cord blood is lost. The public banks are supported by many medical organizations too. The umbilical cord blood is then used for anybody and everybody in need. There are health centers, which are helping more than 215000 parents since 1992 by storing the umbilical cord blood. As the invention is very young, till now it has been seen that the umbilical cord blood can be stored for 15 years. The number will definitely increase in the coming years. Umbilical cord blood banking is very vital. All the work done after the birth to collect the umbilical cord blood is done by the banks. Parents need to contact the umbilical cord blood banks on the 34th week of pregnancy. While collecting this blood at least 75 ml of blood is required. Though is blood is too less for the treatment of an adult.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Preserve the cord blood privately for the days to come
Within 10 minutes from the baby’s birth, the blood in the umbilical cord is collected and preserved. Around 75 ml of the blood is required. The blood is collected without giving any pain to the mother or the child. Now this blood is preserved by using different chemicals and in special bags. A particular temperature is used to store the blood. If the temperature is not correct, it results in damage of the blood cells. With the consent of the parents, this blood is stored in a Cord Blood bank. Now the blood can be stored for public or private use. If it is used for public then without the parent consent the blood is used when required. But if the cord blood is used for private then it is stored in a Private cord blood bank. Further, the blood is used only with the parents consent. In case the child becomes 18 years of age then the he/she is the owner of the cord blood. Further, the cord blood cannot be used without his/her consent. The blood may be used for any of the family member too. Unlike the public bank the Private cord blood bank does not get much support from the medical bodies. Private cord blood banks stores the blood very carefully to keep the link with the donor. The link is kept to retrieve it later. Private Banks charge an amount to preserve the cord blood. It has been heard that the private banks have been criticized for their marketing campaigns to preserve the umbilical cord blood. The private cord blood bank has to follow protocol to preserve the cord blood. Clients have the right to check the accreditation of the private cord blood bank.
It is required for all parents to store their child’s cord blood in a private bank. This blood may help anyone in the family. Main the compatibility with the sibling is always good. Hence, to prevent fatal diseases like leukemia, sickle cell anemia and even bone marrow transplantation. Different private bank charges different amount to preserve the cord blood. The service by the private blood bank is not free. However, the charge is billed to the patient’s insurance company.
Few modern researchers have proved that even if the process is a little expensive still parents should always be encouraged to preserve the cord blood for future.
Friday, November 26, 2010
The unique and painless way to collect cord blood
After childbirth, the cord is detached from the baby and cord blood is collected from the umbilical cord. This blood is collected to cure hematopoietic and other genetic disorders. Cord blood is specially required to cure such disorders as it contains stem cells including hematopoietic cells. The blood in the umbilical cord is generally thrown away as a medical waste. Hence, once it is collected for research work, it does no harm to the new born or to the mother. The process of Cord Blood Collection is very important in medical science. There are various methods to collect this blood. The most popular way to collect this blood is the most common and standard blood collection technique, which is known as, closed technique. In this method, the vein of the severed umbilical cord is cannulated with a help of a needle, which is connected to a blood bag. This helps the cord blood flow to the bag. With the help of this method, 75 ml of cord blood can be collected. This cord blood cannot be collected at any point of time. It can be only collected right after birth. The time to collect the blood is a little crucial; it is after birth but before the placenta is delivered. It is to be noted that there is no risk involved to collect the blood as it is taken after the cord is clamped and cut. The delivery may be vaginal or cesarean, the collection of cord blood is always safe.All health care provides a U cord and a collection kit to collect the cord blood. Mother’s blood is also collected right after delivery. Blood collected from mother and child are labeled and packaged in special shipping materials. Once the packaging is done, the pickup arrangement is made. The process to store and collect cord blood exists since 1990. There are several cord blood banks, both public and private which stores this blood for future need.
The collection process of the cord blood takes place within 10 minutes of the birth. Minimum amount of 75 ml of cord blood is required to process transplantation later. Before the blood is stored, it is tested for germs for HIV, Hepatitis, tissue typing and few more. In the year 1988, cord blood was used for the treatment of a six years boy affected by Fanconi anemia. Thereafter, cord blood has been used as a source of stem cell and is used in stem cell therapy. It has been proved recently that cord blood is very useful for bone marrow transplantation. Cord blood is particularly useful for children and it has been proved as life saving where suitable bone marrow could not be found. The cord blood is very useful for diseases pertaining to diabetes, cardiovascular, central nervous system. The cord blood needs to be processed with 36 to 48 hours from when it is collected. There are more than 35,000 healthcare across 82 countries which helps to collect the cord blood.
The remarkable role plays of stem cells
Stem cells have the ability to renew themselves through mitotic cell division. They also differentiate to several ranges of specialized cell types. The two main types of stem cells are embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells. The self renewed nature of the stem cells makes it so special and so important. The umbilical cord in a new born baby contains rich stem cells. Recent researches have shown that the umbilical, which was thrown away earlier, is the most important blood for various diseases. Stem cells are multipotent stem cells, which can multiply it. Today doctors are using the stem cells to cure more than 70 diseases. Cell therapies are curing the diseases in the best possible way. The best form of stem cells is available in the umbilical cord. The blood in the umbilical cord has the best stem cells. Hence, the blood helps in different diseases. Just after the new birth, the blood in the umbilical cord needs to the collected. But the blood needs to be collected within 10 minutes from the birth. The blood is then tested for preservation. Once the testing phase is over, several chemicals are used to preserve the blood. Once the preservation is done, the blood is stored in cord blood bank to future use. Cryo cell cord blood bank is providing the opportunity to store the cord blood for several new born babies. It actually preserves the cord blood stem cells in the most secure environment. This service is called U – Cord by Cryo cell. The process to collect the cord blood is just painless. It helps to protect the family in future.
Stem cells are remarkable in nature. The main function of the stem cells is that it builds the bridge between the fertilized eggs, which originally exists, and the architecture that we build. Stem cord supplies the cell that constructs the adult body. The main feature of the stem cells is that it renews itself. The research on stem cells has a young history. Since the last twenty years the research on stem cells has been started. The umbilical cord blood has more number of white blood cells when compared to red blood cells. Further as it can renew itself, it is mainly used for bone marrow transplantation. The blood can be preserved for more than 15 years. It not only renews but regenerates tissues for a lifetime. To store the stem cells you have to store umbilical cord blood for future use. Today there are many health centers, which allow you to store and preserve the blood.
Initially there was a controversy in collecting the stem cells from the umbilical cord. But it is always collected in a painless way. It gives no pain to the mother or child. There is no discomfort given to them too. People should be encouraged more to donate this blood for their own child or for public use. The reason why it should be donated is because the blood, which gets thrown away, can save millions of lives.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
A story about Raphaella
Hi, I am Cameron mother of Raphaella living in California. My entire family wishes Cryo Cell a good luck for providing such valuable and useful services to the people. Raphaella is my only son and we did not have any knowledge about such kind of services. Few days back, I listened from my friend about the benefits of Cryo Cell and we were delighted on hearing such great information. I did an extensive research on internet and found about everything about their services. The cord blood donation is a wonderful service and cord blood is actually a unique kind of blood which is often found in umbilical code during the delivery. I always pray to God about the lifelong good health of my child. Sometimes, situations are not in our hands and for that time if a child needs any kind of chemotherapy or radiations related therapy, it can work wonders. It is my suggestion to all parents that they must donate cord blood to the cord blood bank in order to keep a safe side. One can donate cord blood in the private bank of Cryo Cell which they preserve for further use. It provides a sense of relaxation that cord blood is there which means a lot. I have kept umbilical cord blood in the blood bank of Cryo Cell and as told by doctors, the blood in umbilical cord can be used to treat more than 80 diseases. I am thankful to Cryo Blood Cell as I know that they have cord blood collection which we can use in future in case of any kind of emergency.
It is my request to do extensive research on these really wonderful services in order to gather more information about this. The cord blood of baby is highly rich in stem cells. The same stem cells are present in the bone marrow of human beings. Actually stem cells are also considered as master cells which help in producing mature cells in the immune system and in our blood. Therefore, it can be said that cord blood stem cells may easily be used to treat several kinds of diseases, even very acute diseases.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Donate Cord Blood for Someone in Need

Stem cells are used to treat critical diseases including lymphoma, leukemia, breast cancer and over 70 diseases. If stem cells can be banked then they can be used for people who direly need matching stem cells for treatment. By donating umbilical cord blood you can make a difference in one’s life. Umbilical cord blood contains blood forming cells which the baby no longer requires after it is born. The stem cells found in umbilical cord can be used to grow healthy cell tissue which can be used for treating serious ailments like brain tumors, osteoporosis, sickle cell disease, leukemia and other types of cancer. In future years stem cells collected from cord blood can be used to treat other critical diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and diabetes.
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. If you feel like donating your child’s umbilical cord blood for preservation or stem cell research then you need to take some simple but advanced preparation. Once the cord is cut the obstetrician must act immediately and withdraw the blood. The cord blood is to be collected within 10 to 15 minutes after the birth of the child.
Generally the umbilical cord is thrown away after a child’s delivery but now with some planned methods its blood can be collected to help numerous patients. Most of the times patients are not lucky enough to get stem cells that would match their tissue type. But if we have more expecting parents willing to donate their baby’s umbilical cord blood then the chance of these people in getting suitable stem cells enhances.
The donated cord blood is tested for both genetic issues and diseases. If the blood collected does not fulfill the required criteria then with the parents’ consent it is sent for stem cell research. On meeting the requirements the collected umbilical cord can be preserved at a public cord blood bank from where doctors can search suitable matches for their patients. By paying certain amount of yearly fees it can be also stored in private cord blood banks which can be used for your own family.
If you want to donate your child’s cord blood then first of all find out whether the hospital is a cord blood donation participating hospital. Then you can take aid from the concerned obstetrician about making arrangement for the donation. Generally by the 34th week of pregnancy you should check whether arrangements have been set between the hospital and a cord blood bank. A collection kit is sent by the cord blood bank which you can give to the concerned doctor for collecting the umbilical cord blood during delivery. At certain cases the cord blood banks directly work with the concerned hospital or doctor. If you are carrying the collection kit to the hospital make sure to pack it in the bag which you intend to carry to the delivery room.

