Cord blood and cord tissue are rich in powerful stem cells and can only be collected at birth for potential future use.
Cord blood storage.
Cbr systems inc s activities for new york state residents are limited to collection of umbilical cord tissue and long term storage of umbilical cord derived stem cells.
Cord blood contains all the normal elements of blood red blood cells white blood cells platelets and plasma.
Cord tissue is stored whole.
The blood is shipped to a cord blood bank where it s tested processed and cryopreserved preserved by freezing at a very cold temperature that stops cellular activity for long term storage if the blood meets medical quality standards for safe use.
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The blood is sealed in a bag and sent to a lab or cord blood bank for testing and storage.
Cord blood is the blood that remains in the umbilical cord connected to the placenta after childbirth.
The blood that remains in the umbilical cord after birth is rich in newborn stem cells and additional stem cells can be found in the tissue of the umbilical cord and placenta.
Stem cells may be obtained from three main sources.
Cord blood is rich in stem cells that can morph into all sorts of blood cells which can be used to treat diseases that harm the blood and immune system such.
Umbilical cord blood can save lives.
The process only takes a few minutes and is painless for mother and baby.
Cord blood is composed of all the elements found in whole blood red blood cells white blood cells plasma platelets.
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But it is also rich in stem cells similar to those found in the bone marrow.
Additional processing prior to use will be required to extract and prepare any of the multiple cell types from cryopreserved cord tissue.
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Stem cells can be used now for medical treatments and there is an expanding range of new therapies being researched that anticipate using cord blood and tissue in the future eg.
Compared to whole blood some differences in the blood composition exist for example cord blood contains higher numbers of natural killer cells lower absolute number of t cells and a higher proportion of immature t cells.