What are the advantages of Cord Blood?

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What is cord blood?

When a baby is born, and after the umbilical cord has been cut, a little blood remains in the placenta and in the portion

of the umbilical cord attached to it

This blood is known as cord blood

What does cord blood contain?

Cord blood contains all the elements of blood – white blood

cells, red blood cells, plasma and platelets

Cord blood also contains hematopoietic stem cells which is

similar to those found in bone marrow. Hence cord blood can be used as a substitute of

bone marrow when needed

How can cord blood be used?

Cord blood can be used to treat a large number of blood and immune system diseases

Genetic or metabolic diseases can also be treated using cord blood

Why donate cord blood?

Cord blood can be used by patients that don’t have matching blood

donors in their families or those that don’t have unrelated bone marrow

donors

Cord blood that does not necessarily match the patient can be used in transplants.

This is a huge advantage when urgent requirements arise

What are the advantages of Cord Blood?

Cord Blood collection is easy, safe. The collecting agency takes the blood

from the placenta that is delivered and this process does not affect

either the mother or the baby.

Cord Blood is collected well in advance, stored in below freezing temperatures and can be used whenever the requirement

arises. Unlike bone marrow, no time is needed to locate a possible donor and see if he/she is

willing to donate

Cord Blood transplants don’t require perfect match. Studies show that cord blood transplants can take place when

the match is partial. Bone marrow transplants on the other hand, require a

perfect match

Immune cells in cord blood are lesser than those in bone marrow from unrelated donors that attack

patient’s tissues

The chances of viral infections are much lesser in cord blood transplants since less than 1% of babies are born

with lethal viruses

Go ahead, make the right choice and protect your

family’s future

Reading these points, we can see how important it is to save cord blood and how advantageous it is

for patients

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