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Up till now, almost everyone is aware of the majestic role that cord blood plays in treating certain life threatening diseases. It just happened in the late 90’s that the emergence of cord blood storage took place. Considering the immensely powerful cure through cord blood transplants for treating blood and immune system related diseases, cord blood storage developed as the most hopeful place to opt for when nothing else works. Various blood disorders, genetic diseases and cancers are cured through cord blood.
Cord blood collection is generally done within ten minutes of the birth of a child. The process is done by cutting the umbilical cord of a baby and blood is taken out from it’s the fetal end. Prior to this cord blood storage, viral testing is done on it that includes hepatitis B and C, tissue typing and HIV. Cord blood transplants have proved to be more advantageous over the traditional process of bone marrow transplantation, specifically in children. It can be a life saving medicine in those cases where a required bone marrow can’t be found. One of the extremely beneficial factors of cord blood is that its cells can be used for other members of the family and siblings off course, having a same tissue type. In cases of siblings, compatibility chances are up to 75 % as compared to parents and grandparents which is just 50%.
In cases of childhood leukemia and cancers, it is more effective and safe to use someone’s own cord blood cells only. Cord blood storage is not just one of those day today methods of medical sciences, but it goes through the governance of FDA for all the cord blood storage related jobs. Starting from the collection process to processing, labeling, packaging, storage and distribution of its cells, FDA supervises it all. Today, with the increasing number of health disorders and deadly diseases among people, cord blood storage holds a massive place in people’s life. The blood that flows from a newly born umbilical cord is an extremely rich resource of stem cells. The non- embryonic stem cells present in the umbilical cord blood makes it unique and special for storage reasons. Saving this blood can be the best gift that any parent can give to their child for future. Talking about future, by saving cord blood, one can also gift a life to someone needy as well. It’s better to save this rich source now, to secure your future for tomorrow.