Balancing conflicting claims about Cord Blood Banking, Stem cell preservation

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Balancing conflicting claims about Cord Blood
Banking

• Balancing conflicting claims about Cord Blood
  Banking

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Babys Cord Blood Cell

• Families that are about to welcome a new born
  baby often gets flooded with endless suggestions
  and questions. It circles everything from fixing
  the best baby name to the best baby diet, to keep
  the new born healthy and fit.
• And today, parents-to be are faced with yet
  another crucial question, i.e. whether or not to
  stone the babys cord blood cell.

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Best Medical Alternative

• Today, in a world where everyones on the move to
  grab the best medical alternative they can to
  secure their childs and family, cord blood
  banking is one field that gets huge support. But,
  whereas one school of views support this process,
  theres another that has opposing views. 
• Shrouded in polar thoughts, the topic of cord
  blood banking has attracted a couple of conflicts
  to it, which blurs the main focus that is
  whether its beneficial and who and how its
  beneficial.

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A Basic Overview

• Lets start with the fundamental know-how. Cord
  blood is technically a minute quantity of blood
  that remains in the umbilical cord after a child
  is born. This remaining blood can be collected
  once the baby delivery is done. Being a rich
  storehouse of stem cells, cord blood is
  instrumental in developing chunks of blood cells
  and also boosts the immune system. Back in 2016,
  it has been calculated that 29 of patients
  received cord blood transplant in US and have
  immensely benefited from it.

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A Basic Overview

• For a while, scientists and medical researchers
  have been invested in clinical trials declaring
  that cord blood stem cells have effectively
  helped to cure more than 80 life threatening
  ailments. These diseases are blood related,
  immunological, various cancers, severe brain and
  spinal cord injuries as well as the Type 1 and
  Type 2 diabetes.
• This has made families having a history of severe
  ailments opt in for cord blood banking. 

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Fundamental Properties

• The successful treatment of malignant disorders
  have made parents to be think of cord blood as an
  insurance code to their childs and family
  health.
• So why is it that a set of parents and families
  arent convinced about cord blood banking,
  despite saying yes to the process. The truth,
  there are certain considerations that need to be
  made. For instance, it is important for a stem
  cell to possess three fundamental properties.

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Fundamental Properties

• The strong capacity to regenerate, thus when they
  are divided they are able to produce similar
  daughter cells that preserves the cell line
  production.
• Stems cells also need to have the capacity to
  distinguish, that they are able to set up
  specific form and functions. For instance,
  developing into a liver tissue in place of a
  cardiac tissue. However, stem cells that branch
  out into any cell type in the human body is
  termed as pluripotent and the ones which branch
  into a pre-destiny is called multipotent.

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Fundamental Properties

• And finally stem cells also need to be able to
  refill the tissue cells that has been damaged
  severely in the blood, skin or gut and needs to
  be renewed at an ongoing basis from the stem cell
  source.
• Hence, the umbilical cord which according to few
  was considered to be of no medical use post child
  birth, has been proved wrong through the
  successful cord blood transplants.

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Practical Side of Cord Blood

• However, the fact that there exist still few
  disappointments on the subject could be traced to
  its disadvantages. And one being a minimum
  quantity of 50 to 200 ml needs to be made ready
  for collection. If the amount is less, then the
  sample is invalid.
• However, in majority there seems to be not ample
  blood. Furthermore, a meagre 8 to 12 of cord
  blood units have apt stem cells for an individual
  transplant who weighs 80 kgs.

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About CordlifeIndia

• CordlifeIndia provides services like stem cell
  cord banking, stem cell preservation for babys
  secure life.
• We provide reliable healthcare solutions through
  innovation, technological advancement and
  commitment to quality .
• We help people live healthier, happier and longer.

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References

• https//www.cordlifeindia.com/blog/balancing-confl
  icting-claims-cord-blood-banking/
• https//blogs.babycenter.com/mom_stories/09042014-
  balancing-conflicting-claims-about-cord-blood-bank
  ing/
• https//www.acsh.org/news/2017/10/13/cord-blood-ba
  nking-not-insurance-future-11957