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Cord Blood. Found in the placenta and the umbilical cord after a child is born is a blood called cord blood. Accordingly, the said blood that remains there is containing cells that can be used to cure other genetic disorders, which are very rare and most often are hereditary by nature and hematopoietic also a disease in the blood. Cord blood should be extracted right away after delivery, to be able to preserve it properly for later use for the baby itself, relatives or to other patients as well. It contains healthy stem cells that can help in the repair of damaged tissues and brain cells. It is known to adapt easily and less evasive by nature.

Tradition. It is common knowledge and tradition that after birth, parents or the health practitioners immediately take out the placenta and the cut umbilical cord and right away bury it under the sand. It is still a practice in many rural areas in the third world countries. There are also many beliefs that extracting stem cells will hurt both the mother and the baby and it takes away important cells from the child. These are all myths and untrue.

Medical Significance. Early studies show that cord blood is important in the regeneration of blood cells of a person. It is now found out that it helps in the cure of blood cancers and other blood diseases, such as anemia. It helps regenerate the immune system as well. It was also found out that cord blood is also more effective in curing disease when the donor is another person if the patient has a genetically transmitted disease. But if the disease is not genetically acquired, it is best if the donor is within the family, to minimized rejection. It is possible to get a match from your relatives, siblings and immediate family members. There were few successful cord blood transplant procedures done years before, but there were also setbacks. At present, there are thousands of procedures successfully done. At present, more studies are still ongoing using state of the art procedures.

Cord blood is used to cure 70-80 more or fewer diseases, such as cancer, bone marrow, blood diseases, metabolic disorders, immunodeficiency disorders and many more. Until now, therapeutic wonders of cord blood is fast growing and studies is still being conducted to make it available to every patient, even those who have acquired life-changing diseases such as cerebral palsy and autism at an early age.

The process: A cord blood is transplanted through the infusion of stem cells to a patient’s blood system and will start to heal and repair damaged tissues, which will result to improve the immune system of a patient. In return, the patients started to heal through the regenerated cells and tissues. It was even proven that cord blood is better than bone marrow; because it has more stem cells and it is found out that it has few reported rejections.

Benefits. Some of the benefits you will get from cord blood are:

1. Its ability to multiply fast. Thus even if the transplanted cells are few in quantity, it will multiply fast
2. Its ability to move fast. It will immediately move to the damaged cells and repair them and
3. Its ability to adapt and minimized rejection from the host body.

This breakthrough in the medical science is a result of years of research and studies, using advanced technology. Until now, researchers are still looking for possibilities that cord blood will be able to cure more diseases, and hopefully, this clinical benefits will be made available, not only to the rich but for the poor people in the world as well. This would surely contribute to a healthy and happy living among humanity.