Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell

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Characteristic of Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell

:Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell can be obtained when a baby is born. (The umbilical cord connects the baby to the mother.) Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells have both hematopoietic stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells. So transplant using these cells can apply for hematologic disease and regenerative diseases.
1. WHO • Pregnancy
2. WHAT • Cord blood from umbilical cord
3. WHEN • a baby is born, just one chance after birth
4. WHERE • Collect – anywhere maternity hospital
• Storage – government-designated companies, hospitals, laboratories
5. WHY The reason to collect and storage
• for public – research
• for private – self health against diseases
6. HOW • Plantation through vessels, bones, skin after cultivation or non-cultivation
7. Application (included diseases under investigation)
• Leukemia, Myelo-dysplasia, Cerebral Palsy, Multiple myeloma, Malignant lymphoma, Neuroblastoma, Lymphoma cancer, Testiculasr cancer, Aplastic anemia, Fanconi anemia, Sickle cell anemia(SCD), Mediterranean anemia, Urinary incontinence, Spinal cord injury, Ischemic peripheral vascular disease, etc.
 

Cord Blood Collection in the U.S. drama ROYAL PAINS SEASON 3

The mother asks, "is the anti-coagulant mixing?"
And the baby’s parents tell a hospital officials, "That blood can prove invaluable. Should our son… someday need it."

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