cord blood storage
cord blood storage
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by Alvin Toh - 2007-03-25
Cord blood, also known as placental blood, is the blood that remains in umbilical cord and placenta following a live birth. There are 3 sources of stem cells: umbilical cord blood, embryonic cells and...
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by Apurva - 2007-06-26
Despite the miraculous potential of stem cell cord blood to treat various life-threatening diseases, the public cord blood banks are getting limited donations. Why? There are many reasons for th...
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by Apurva - 2007-07-05
Many people ask this question about the need and benefit of storing cord blood cells in a cord blood bank at such a high cost. The answer is - the umbilical cord blood is rich in stem cells that...
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by Apurva - 2007-07-05
After cord blood collection, the blood is saved in bags or vials; it is taken to the cord blood bank through courier service. Once it reaches the bank, the sample is rendered a unique identifica...
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by Apurva - 2007-07-05
Importance of cord blood registry has led to the establishment of many cord blood banks in the US, Canada, UK and other countries. Effectiveness of using cord blood stem cells for treatment of n...
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by Apurva - 2007-07-05
This new medical promise of treating diseases through stem cell cord blood banking has drawn the attention of a large mass. However, there are mixed opinions regarding umbilical stem cell cord b...
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by Apurva - 2007-07-05
With the discovery of the stem cells in the umbilical cord, the task of fighting against malignant diseases has been made somewhat easier. The Lifesaving potential found in cord blood has shown ...
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by Apurva - 2007-07-05
Cord blood cells show better chances of matching family members' genetic type than stem cells retrieved from bone marrow. Researches have established that parents and siblings both carry 25% mor...
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by Apurva - 2007-07-31
Inadequate knowledge about cord blood collection, processing and cord blood storage is pushing many new parents away from donating their babies' cord blood cells. Hence, comprehensive informatio...
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by Alvin Toh - 2007-10-02
Cord blood banking is a relatively new concept. It is only in the last ten years that parents have seriously begun to bank their baby's cord blood. While the practice of banking cord blood is still ...
