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Umbilical Cord is the lifeline of the growing foetus, it provides oxygen, essential nutrients and removes waste. While stem cells are extracted from umbilical cord blood, stem cells offer a viable source of replacement cells to treat diseases and can potentially reduce the morbidity and mortality for transplants. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Know All About Umbilical Cord Stem Cells
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What are umbilical cord stem cells? Umbilical
Cord is flexible in nature, attached to the
mothers placenta, an organ attached to the
uterine wall that, in turn, connects to the
mothers blood supply. Towards the end of
pregnancy, the placenta passes antibodies through
the umbilical cord to the baby. These gives baby
immunity from infections for about three months
after birth. However, it only passes on
antibodies that mother already has. The
umbilical cord is a rich source of two main types
of stem cells cord blood stem cells and cord
tissue stem cells. Through the science of cord
banking, both cord blood and cord tissue stem
cells can help nurture life, long after a babys
birth.
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How are stem cells extracted from umbilical
cord? After a baby is born, cord blood is left
in the umbilical cord and placenta. It is
relatively easy to collect, with no risk to the
mother or baby. After the baby is born and the
cord is cut. In the third stage of labor, uterus
continues to contract to expel the placenta and
other fragments of tissue. Since the cord is
attached to the placenta, it comes out along with
it. It is then collected and send to private
banks for preservation, cord blood is extracted
from umbilical cord which contains stem cells.
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How Newborn Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Work? Stem
cells are found in a persons blood stream,
including body organs and tissues. Now these stem
cells acts like a building block of life because
they are responsible for immunity of the body.
The most significant role of stem cells is their
ability to regenerate into additional of its type
or into specialised one, for example as nerve or
blood cells. Stem cells has led to exceptional
ability for medical treatments. Stem cells have
the ability to repair and regrow when
transplanted into a persons body. Hence
patients health have shown commendable
improvement for stem cells replace damaged and
diseased cells. Stem cell banking benefits are
proven to provide a potential cure to treat a
range of blood disorders and immune system
conditions such as leukaemia, anaemia and
autoimmune diseases. Some of the areas that stem
cells can benefit include Parkinsons disease,
Type I diabetes, Arthritis, Cardiovascular
diseases.
 
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Future of Umbilical stem cells research
Experts believe that umbilical cord blood is
an important source of blood stem cells and
expect that its full potential for treatment of
blood disorders is yet to be revealed. Other
types of stem cell such as induced pluripotent
stem cells may prove to be better suited to
treating non-blood-related diseases, but this
question can only be answered by further
research.
 
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