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Do You Know What The Benefits Of Cord Blood Are?
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The benefits of cord blood are wide spread but not widely known. There are so many questions. How are stem cells obtained? What medical technology is required? Fast rising to the surface is this major discovery of our day. There is really none more promising than this discovery of using cord blood in the treatment of certain diseases.
Families who have long worried about and know about the repercussions of passing certain maladies from generation to generation can breathe some sighs of relief in the knowledge that stem cell research has made immeasurable progress and that this progress continues to grow. Just the mere mention of lymphoma or leukemia typically has understandably for some time sent a hopeless thread of pain through the heart of a parent.
With the interception of cord blood in the delivery room and the processing and storage of that cord blood, rich in naïve stem cells, there is now new hope where none once stood sentinel. In the pathways of hospitals and medical/scientific laboratories across the world stem cell research has opened doors that in some instances were never before known to exist and never thought possible.
Cord blood is a key player in the significance of stem cell transplants and research. In an ongoing controversy cord blood is coming as time goes on into its own acceptance. Parents who know their own pain and the pain in a child's eyes are eager to hear the reports of the results from stem cell transplants that have been noted as substantial.
Cord blood is retrieved from the umbilical cord once a human birth has occurred. Clamping the umbilical cord as soon as possible allows the most cord blood to be collected.
There is some debate by some medical personnel that also believe clamping an umbilical cord too early compromises the infants blood and can cause lower blood volume creating an increased factor for possible anemia in the infant. Typically those risks are low but should always be a consideration.
How the stem cells are obtained needs to be of consideration. In most cases there is really minimal risk to the mother and the infant and this obtaining of the stem cells can lead to transplants being performed on young adults or small children where the benefits can be more constructive and obvious.
And even though the totality of stem cell research may not be known in this lifetime the progress has been phenomenal and the benefits have far exceeded most people's imagination.
There are some other considerations when exploring the benefits of stem cell collection, storage, and donation. There are significant costs where private cord blood banking is concerned. On the other side of the coin there is minimal cost to you for donating cord blood.
Not all hospitals or birthing facilities will accommodate cord blood donations, but many do. You have to get all the information gathered far in advance of the birth of your child and cord blood banks reserve the right to accept or deny the cord blood you wish to donate.
The benefits of cord blood are wide spread but not widely known. There are so many questions. How are stem cells obtained? What medical technology is required? Fast rising to the surface is this major discovery of our day. There is really none more promising than this discovery of using cord blood in the treatment of certain diseases.
Families who have long worried about and know about the repercussions of passing certain maladies from generation to generation can breathe some sighs of relief in the knowledge that stem cell research has made immeasurable progress and that this progress continues to grow. Just the mere mention of lymphoma or leukemia typically has understandably for some time sent a hopeless thread of pain through the heart of a parent.
With the interception of cord blood in the delivery room and the processing and storage of that cord blood, rich in naïve stem cells, there is now new hope where none once stood sentinel. In the pathways of hospitals and medical/scientific laboratories across the world stem cell research has opened doors that in some instances were never before known to exist and never thought possible.
Cord blood is a key player in the significance of stem cell transplants and research. In an ongoing controversy cord blood is coming as time goes on into its own acceptance. Parents who know their own pain and the pain in a child's eyes are eager to hear the reports of the results from stem cell transplants that have been noted as substantial.
Cord blood is retrieved from the umbilical cord once a human birth has occurred. Clamping the umbilical cord as soon as possible allows the most cord blood to be collected.
There is some debate by some medical personnel that also believe clamping an umbilical cord too early compromises the infants blood and can cause lower blood volume creating an increased factor for possible anemia in the infant. Typically those risks are low but should always be a consideration.
How the stem cells are obtained needs to be of consideration. In most cases there is really minimal risk to the mother and the infant and this obtaining of the stem cells can lead to transplants being performed on young adults or small children where the benefits can be more constructive and obvious.
And even though the totality of stem cell research may not be known in this lifetime the progress has been phenomenal and the benefits have far exceeded most people's imagination.
There are some other considerations when exploring the benefits of stem cell collection, storage, and donation. There are significant costs where private cord blood banking is concerned. On the other side of the coin there is minimal cost to you for donating cord blood.
Not all hospitals or birthing facilities will accommodate cord blood donations, but many do. You have to get all the information gathered far in advance of the birth of your child and cord blood banks reserve the right to accept or deny the cord blood you wish to donate.