The umbilical cord is discarded with the placenta and umbilical cord. this umbilical cord blood is a loaded with stem cells, which are genetically unique to your baby and family.Stem cells are undifferentiated, "blank" cells that do not yet have a specific function. Characteristically, stem cells have a high capacity for self-renewal and can regenerate and turn into the cells that form all types of tissues, organs and systems in the human body. They have the ability to replace or repair damaged cells throughout the body.
The ability of cord blood stem cells to differentiate into other types of cells in the body holds significant promise for treatment of some of the most critical diseases like leukemia, thalassemia, juvenile diabetes, cerebral palsy etc., Hence stem cell banking is of most importance. It can save the life of your child in future.
baby's cord tissue is a valuable source of stem cells that could differentiate into various types of tissues like heart cell, muscle cell etc., and be used to treat many lifestyle and tissue degenerative diseases and medical conditions. It is important to preserve both the cord blood & cord tissue stem cells to ensure that your child gets a complete cover from most of the ailments what the future may promise
If your child contracts a disease which cannot be treated other than radiation and chemotherapy, then there might be a possibility that the banked cord blood and tissue of your child and the preserves umbilical cord stem cells will be used to boost the immune system of your child.
The stem cells are extracted from the umbilical cord and the cord tissue. This causes no harm to the baby and the mother. Compared to this the extraction of bone marrow is quite a painful and invasive procedure which requires anesthesia and is risky.
The stem cells should match the requirements for a transplant. It is difficult to match the stem cell with a perfect match for your baby. The siblings have a 50% chance of matching whereas you and the baby has 25% of matching chances.
It is important to use genetically relate stem cells which are infection and disease free before treated. There are very few complications are majorly the transplants are always successful.
The family banked stem cells are easily accessible and there is no time required to start the treatment. There is no need of searching for the perfect match which is usually required in the public banked stem cells.
The stem cells are very rarely contaminated with latent virus, these helps in better accepting of the body than the stem cells from the bone marrow. This is the reason why blood stem cells and cord tissue stem cells are preserved, due to their unique characteristics.
There are several medicines which use the stem cells for making the cardia tissue, reverse the effect of diseases like Alzheimer’s , sclerosis, Parkinson’s and repairing the damage caused in spinal cord injuries. Also to build new organs and by banking your baby’s stem cells today you are securing his life for the future.
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