CORD BLOOD- A BIOINSURANCE AND ITS USES
Cord blood is that type of blood which is left in the umbilical cord and placenta after the birth of the child and is collected when the cord has been cut off. After the child is born the umbilical cord is routinely discarded with the placenta and is also known as placental blood.
Our Cord blood has lots of blood producing stem cells which can be frozen and later can be used for transplants. It is genetically unique to the child and the family members. After the various researches by the top researchers it has been found that it can be used to treat many incurable diseases successfully.
Now a day’s across all over the world Cord blood is used as an alternative to bone marrow transplant when in future if the child or his family member is diagnosed with cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma and other disorders of the blood-making system, such as sickle-cell anemia; severe immune-system disorders; and genetic defects affecting the blood-making system. SCGF is one of the associations which are known for providing this service all across the world through their experts at the various centers.
Experts uses cord blood for the treatment of different types of diseases like arthritis, spinal cord damage, stroke diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease, Purkinje cell degeneration, Duchene’s muscular dystrophy, heart disease, and vision and hearing loss, Parkinson’s disease, burns osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis and even most of the patients found it beneficial after getting this treatment and the success rate is quite acceptable.
All stem cells– of whatever source will be have three general properties: capable of dividing and renewing themselves for long periods; unspecialized; and they can give rise to specialized cell types.
The cord blood contains blood-producing hematopoietic stem cells as well as mesenchymal stem cells.
Cord blood transplants have become a strong alternative to bone marrow transplants, easier to collect than traditional bone marrow donation and it is not painful to extract, doesn’t require invasive surgery.
Worldwide thousands of successful cord blood stem cell transplants have been performed in the past decade.
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