Cord Blood Banking

Cord blood banking has gained much acclaim in the recent past, as a result of which many private and public cord blood banks are persistent on meeting the rise in demand of mothers wanting to store or donate their babies’ cord blood stem cells for future potential use. Several treatments that involve the use of [...]

The umbilical cord carries away the food rich in nutrients and gases to the foetus through its enclosed veins and arteries. After the baby is born, a large portion of the umbilical cord is removed, while the smaller portion is left attached to the baby to allow it to dry. The recent research studies revealed [...]

Umbilical Cord Blood is the leftover blood in the umbilical cord and the placenta after the delivery of a baby and the cutting of the cord. Cord blood is generally discarded along with the placenta and the umbilical cord. When the foetal develops, the umbilical cord blood banking hails from the similar zygote as that [...]

Stem cells can be best described as master cells which are solely responsible to generate the mature cells in our immune system and our blood. Stem cells consist of (i) white blood corpuscles (WBC) which fight any sort of infection, (ii) red blood corpuscles (RBC) which carry oxygen and platelets for carrying oxygen, and (iii) [...]

Cord blood refers to the blood residing in the umbilical cord and the placenta soon after the birth takes place, which is otherwise discarded. Cord blood comprises haematopoietic stem cells, white blood cells, progenitor cells forming red blood cells and platelets. At present, cord blood cells are being used for treating diseases of the blood [...]

Cord Blood Banking process is fairly simple, precise and clearly defined. As a matter of fact, the nature of the sample itself is very delicate and as such if it is not stored properly, the cord blood may get damaged very soon and lose its worth in 24 hours. This is why all cord blood [...]

Cryobanks Internation India Blood Bank service is intended to make the client’s cord blood available primarily for future elective needs which cord blood technology at that time allows. The Clients cord blood may also be available (upon written consent of the client) to relatives or other persons designated by the client. Here are the plans [...]

The birthing procedure constitutes the process of collection of cord blood stem cells. This has been into inception since 1988 when the first cord blood transplantation was performed and since then, over 8,000 transplantations have taken place. At present, this has been accepted as a treatment by thousands of parents who find it to be [...]

The job of a private cord blood bank revolves around collecting, processing, freezing and storing the umbilical cord blood stem cells of your baby for a potential medical use in the future, at a certain fee. If any point of time, somebody in your family needs a stem cell transplantation to be done for treating [...]

Cord blood storage of the umbilical cord is a new concept in medical science that promises to protect a child from any grave ailments or illnesses in the future. The umbilical cord blood constantly circulated in our body, comprising red blood cells, white blood cells, platelet and the plasma. The only unique thing about the [...]