The benefits in stem cells from umbilical cord tissue

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The Benefits in Stem Cells from Umbilical Cord
Tissue
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What is Cord Tissue?

• We all know that stem cells can be collected from
  cord blood as well as cord tissue. What many
  people are not aware of is, what the differences
  between them are and which one makes a better
  option for people, who are considering stem cells
  banking.
• Stem cells collected from cord tissue is a
  comparatively new concept, compared to cord blood
  stem cells.

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What is Cord Blood?

• Cord blood is the blood, which is found in the
  umbilical cord as well as the placenta after a
  baby is born. When the umbilical cord is clamped
  and cut, it leaves with approximately two ounces
  of blood.
• Medical practitioners collect this blood with a
  surgical needle. These blood cells are full of
  adult stem cells, which form our immune and blood
  system. These adult stem cells are collected,
  processed and preserved, so they can be used in
  clinical trials.

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Newborns Umbilical Cord

• cord tissue is the jolly-like material that is
  found around the vessels of the newborns
  umbilical cord. After the umbilical cord is
  clamped and cut, a part of the cord is saved to
  collect the cord tissue.
• Cord tissues contain thousands of different kind
  of stem cells that have the ability to form our
  cartilage, circulatory tissues, skin, bone,
  nervous system and sensory organs.

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Newborns Umbilical Cord

•  what are the benefits of stem cells, collected
  from umbilical cord tissue over cord blood? Apart
  from having the amazing regenerative qualities,
  cord tissues have other advantages as well. 
• They have the healing quality to repair our body
  tissues and give birth to a new self. Listed
  below are some of the advantages that cord tissue
  stem cells have.

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1. They are Young

• The stem cells that are collected from the cord
  tissue are young and once processed and preserved
  they can defy aging as well. They not only can
  create other types of new cells, but also can
  transform into one of many cell types. 
• These are the qualities that make their aging
  process slower. Moreover, the agelessness of
  these cells can also lead to lesser risk of
  immune response, compared to the aged cells where
  the chances of chronic complications are high.

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2. They are Easy to Collect

• As mentioned earlier, the collection process of
  cord tissue is simple and poses no risk to the
  mother as well as the baby. 
• After the baby is born, the doctors carefully
  clump and cut the umbilical cord and then they
  extract the cord blood from the cord. Following
  this procedure, they take a small portion of the
  cord for processing and preservation to get the
  stem cells.

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3. They are Higher in Number

• Its noticed that stem cells found from the
  umbilical cord tissue are much higher than cord
  blood and other sources. Some studies even proved
  that the stem cell count is 3 to 14 times higher
  in cord tissues. 
• It increases the chance of greater number of stem
  cell collection.

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4. More Productive Migratory Abilities 

• Stem cells from cord tissues are more productive
  than that of other sources. It means that they
  have more regenerative abilities compared to
  other sources.
• Umbilical cord tissue stem cells can transport
  straight to the affected areas.

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References

• https//www.cordlifeindia.com/blog/benefits-stem-c
  ells-umbilical-cord-tissue/
• https//parentsguidecordblood.org/en/news/banking-
  stem-cells-umbilical-cord-tissue-future-regenerati
  ve-medicine-applications