Umbilical cord blood is important because it contains stem cells known as hematopoietic stem cells. Cord blood is found in placenta and the attached umbilical cord Post-delivery. The stem cells found in cord blood are collected and kept in banks for future treatments. Cord blood can treat various diseases, including few blood cancer types. Such as Leukemia, Lymphoma, etc. and few metabolic disorders and genetic diseases too. Umbilical Cord blood can save many lives. More than 80 diseases are being treated nowadays with the help of stem cells. We can find stem cells in other sources, such as Bone marrow and peripheral blood.But collecting stem cells from these two can be painful and enervating. Cord tissue, blood and stem cells are collected from expelled placenta and umbilical cord, that’s why it is a painless method for both mother and the child. Cord blood transplantation has fewer chances of rejection and GVHD (Graft-versus-host disease). Here are a few diseases treated by cord blood stem cells • Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia • Acute Myelogenous Leukemia • Chronic Active Epstein Barr • Hodgkin’s Lymphoma • Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia • Neuroblastoma • Multiple Myeloma • Thymoma • Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia • Plasma Cell Leukemia The types of cancers treated by cord blood stem cells • Aplastic Anemia • Amyloidosis • Congenital Cytopenia • Congenital Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia • Essential Thrombocythemia • Myelodysplastic Syndrome • Pure Red Cell Aplasia • Sickle Cell Anemia • Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts in Transition The above-mentioned diseases are certain types of blood disorders that can be treated by Cord blood HSCs Some metabolic disorders are • Gaucher Disease • Krabbe Disease • Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria • Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome • Wolman Disease • Metachromatic Leukodystrophy • Tay Sachs And some immune disorders are • Evans Syndrome • Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome • Kostmann Syndrome • Congenital Neutropenia • Chediak-Higashi Syndrome • Reticular Dysgenesis There are mainly two types of banks that store cord blood, Public and Private. You must research before you choose.
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