Today and Tomorrow Umbilical cord stem cells are valuable

Twenty years ago only one disease could be treated with umbilical cord stem cells;ten years ago only a handful.Today,umbilical cord stem cells have been successfully used in the treatment of more than 70 diseases(primarily blood diseases).Depending on the specific disease,it might be more suitable to use your own or somebody else's stem cells.
The amazing speed of research and clinical trials using umbilical cord stem cells has led to diseases being treated that no one could have predicted.Many of these new treatments use the patients's own stem cells.

Why Cord Blood Banking?

1. Cord blood is rich source of hematopoietic stem cells
2. Cord blood stem cells are used for treatment of various life threatening diseases.
3. Cord blood stem cells are not only perfect for the childs own usage,but also for siblings and parents.
4. Collection of cord blood is non-invasive,painless and poses no harm or side effects to the mother or the child.

Currently treatable diseases with cord blood stem cells

1. Cancers such as Acute lymphocytic and chronic myeloid leukemia.
2. Blood and haemoglobin disorders such as anaemia and thalassemia.
3. Immunological and metabolic disorders such as Severe immunodeficiency diseases.
4. Autoimmune diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis.
5.  Potential uses-Heart diseases,Alzheimer's diseases,Parkinson's diseases and Spinal cord injuries.

World wide over 1 million cord blood units have been stored in Family Cord Blood Banks and another 1 million in Public Cord Blood Banks.Over 8000 thousand blood transplantations have been conducted worldwide for life-threatening and potentially incurable blood disorders.

Umbilical Cord blood is collected within the crucial 5 minutes after your baby's birth,which makes it a once in a lifetime oppurtunity.The umbilical cord blood will be collected after the child birth and the specimen is transported to the lab where it is examined to detect any signs of abnormalities and is processed further to be isolated according to qualified procedures.
The treatment of the child with its own stem cells can rely upon significant characteristics:
-   With the childs's own cells there is no risk of rejection,obviating the need for life long treatment with toxic and expensive immunosuppressive agents as in the case with donor derived cells;
-   Ther is reduced risk of infections with viruses or other infectious agents;
-   There is no risk of potentially introducing unidentified genetic abnormalities derived from the donor stem cells

        Becoming a parent is one of life's greatest blessings,an emotion that changes your thoughts and your actions.So think wether you have done enough to sail your precious bundle of joy through life's unexpected circumstances.

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