How is Cord Blood Collected and Stored?

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How is Cord Blood Collected and Stored?

• Stem Cell Cord Blood Banking

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History of Cord blood Banking

• The science of bio-preservation spells out
  techniques like hypothermic storage,
  cryopreservation and vitrification in a clinical
  environment. The new market report on Umbilical
  Cord Blood Banking Market, released by
  Persistence Market Research on September 12,
  2014, states that there would be an exponential
  demand for cell banking by 2020, owing to the
  multiple cord tissue banking benefits and stem
  cell banking benefits.
• This has rightly pushed the bio-preservation
  market to expand and gain much needed recognition.

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What is Umbilical Cord Blood Banking?

• This technique involves the storage and
  collection of a newborns cord blood and tissue,
  for preserving it with continuous reliability
  over a long period of time.
• Need for this arose as a result of the immense
  potential linked to cord blood cells and numerous
  cord tissue banking benefits, in short,
  translating to the hope of regenerating damaged
  and infected organs, cells and tissues.

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How is Cord Blood and Tissue Collected?

• Cord blood is extracted immediately after birth,
  using a quick and painless procedure. After the
  umbilical cord is cut, the blood is drawn out
  from the cord using a needle and a special
  collection bag.
• The tissue in the cord lining is also extracted
  for preservation as an extension of the cord
  blood collection process. It is done by cutting a
  segment of the umbilical cord, after which it is
  stored in a sterile container.

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How are the Collected Samples Processed?

• This refers to the process of separating the stem
  cells from the cord blood, so as to produce a
  sample that can be safely stored and used in
  clinical procedures.
• Even the United States Food and Drug
  Administration (FDA) urges that the cord blood
  unit should be reduced to a stage where there is
  low plasma and red blood cells, prior to
  cryopreservation. This will reduce the chances of
  future complications and fully promote the linked
  cord tissue banking benefits.

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Patented Technology Linked to the Collection of
Cord Blood

• Many cord blood banks have strategically
  partnered with research institutes to use
  patented technology during cord blood extraction.
  CellOptima is one such proven technology that
  safely enables the extraction of cord blood cells
  and tissues.

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Storage of Cells and Tissue

• After the samples have been collected and
  processed, the unit is ready for
  cryopreservation. No matter how the sample unit
  has been processed, a cryopreservant is added to
  it to ensure that the cells are able to survive
  through the cryogenic process.
• The unit of cells is cooled slowly to a
  temperature of -90C, after which it is
  transferred to a liquid nitrogen tank, to be kept
  frozen at -196C. The slow cooling process is
  important so that all the cell and cord tissue
  banking benefits can be extracted at a later date.

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References

• https//www.cordlifeindia.com/blog/cord-blood-coll
  ected-stored/
• https//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC61237
  61/