Should you Store your Baby’s Cord Blood?

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Should you Store your Babys Cord Blood?

• Stem cell Preservation

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Stem Cell Banking

• Dr Satyen Sanghavi, stem cell expert at
  Regenerative Medical Services, says, Cord blood
  banking ensures an exact match for the child and
  a more likely match for another blood-related
  family member, should the stem cells be needed
  for treatment.
• Unfortunately, if a stem cell treatment is
  indicated, families who have not privately banked
  their childs cord blood stem

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Stem Cell Banking

• their childs cord blood stem cells end up
  searching for an appropriate source of compatible
  stem cells searches, which can take months and
  still, be unsuccessful.
• Stem cells banking can help save vital cells that
  are present in our own body, which can then be
  used to treat terminal or chronic illnesses, with
  the potential of saving a persons life.

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What are Stem Cells?

• First, it is essential to understand what stem
  cells are. These can be found in any
  multi-cellular organism and are fairly new born
  cells. They are characterised by their ability to
  regenerate themselves and their potential to
  renew through mitotic cell division and
  differentiate into any specialised type of cell. 
• There a variety of such cells that can be
  extracted from the human body.

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What are Stem Cells?

• For instance, the ones present in the bone marrow
  are called Hematopoietic cells, which can develop
  into new red blood corpuscles.
• People with certain diseases like cancer, anemia,
  blood immunity disorders and other such
  conditions,

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What are Stem Cells?

• It can be injected with these stem cells to
  replenish blood that might have been destroyed or
  damaged by their illness.
• Stem cell banking possibly gives the person the
  best chance of survival when faces with life
  threatening diseases.

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What is Cord Blood and why is it Banked?

• Cord blood is the blood that is left in a
  newborns umbilical cord and placenta. This blood
  is a rich source of potentially lifesaving stem
  cells.
• Extracting cord blood is a simple and painless
  process that is done immediately after a babys
  birth. Experts say that cord blood stem cell
  banking might be a wise decision for future
  medical uses.

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What is Cord Blood and why is it Banked?

• Although both the bone marrow and umbilical blood
  contain identical varieties of stem cells, those
  harvested from the latter are said to be a
  better variety.
• A cell from the cord blood is fairly immature,
  increasing their chances of regeneration and
  acceptance in the human body when used in
  treatments.

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What is Cord Blood and why is it Banked?

• Gynaecologist Dr Sonal Kumta, at Regenerative
  Medical Services, affirms that more parents
  should opt for stem cell banking. Cord blood is
  stored through cryopreservation in specialised
  laboratories.
• Cord blood banking is a once in a lifetime
  opportunity to preserve a vital and significant
  biological resource for future use. It helps
  protect one from a variety of incurable diseases
  the trials for many of which are still in
  progress but the future is definitely promising.

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References

• https//www.cordlifeindia.com/blog/should-you-stor
  e-your-baby-cord-blood/
• https//www.webmd.com/baby/should-you-bank-your-ba
  bys-cord-blood