Cord Blood Preservation

Normally peoples discard or waste the umbilical cord blood, this blood contains some special stem cells which are used for the treatment of many life-threatening diseases. But now days there are lot of cord blood banks that store this very useful blood for future treatment. Cord blood preservation is important for curing some life-threatening diseases, so care should be done for cord blood preservation.

Generally cord blood is preserved for treating mote than fifty non-malignant and malignant diseases. These diseases include some specific cancers for example leukemia, and immune. Genetic disorders will also treated with cord blood stem cell. Cord blood preservation is very simple process, its pain less. The main important regarding preservation of cord blood procedure, that it is done at the time of birth. Cord blood is the rich source of specific stem cells. Some other sources of stem cells are peripheral blood and bone marrow. But the stem cells found in cord blood have many benefits. Some of the benefits are following-

• The cord blood preservation and collection is simple and risk less process.
• There is no requirement of anesthesia for collecting cord blood, which is required if stem cells are collected from bone marrow.
• Cord blood is always available when needed, if stored.
• Cord blood stem cells are more compatible for transplants, more specific if transplant is done within the family. Cord blood stem cells have less chance of rejection.
• The procurement costs of cord blood is very less as compared to procurement costs of bone marrow harvesting or peripheral blood.
• Cord blood stem cells are more helpful in improving neural repair and bone and tissue growth than other stem cells.

For cord blood preservation parents have to collect cord blood. Cord blood preservation banks do this. This is a simple process and described in previous posting. After collection of cord blood the process of cord blood preservation starts. The process includes some treatment of cord blood after this the cord blood is preserved in cord blood bank.