Umbilical cord stem cells
As we have been checking in print media and various non-specialist, in recent years is booming collect umbilical cord blood as a source of stem cells for future baby.
Not surprisingly, an increasing number of parents who opt for this technique.
However, both the actual removal itself and the preparation and storage of umbilical cord blood is a process that certainly requires special care to ensure a high quality sample.
For this reason, especially for many parents to keep in mind to follow this technique, you should know what is the process by which stem cells are obtained from the umbilical cord.
How is the blood of the umbilical cord?
The process of collecting umbilical cord blood begins at the instant the baby is born and the umbilical cord is cut, when the doctor cleaned and sanitized, collecting the blood in a bag that, previously, has been designed to this purpose.
The sample in question should be kept at a stable temperature of between 18 and 26 degrees, which ensures the perfect maintenance of the cells.
Why use this technique?
Because the umbilical cord blood, along with the bone marrow, represents an extremely important source at the time of obtaining stem cells, an increasing number of parents who are aware of the importance of storing umbilical cord blood for baby because they are useful in a wide variety of application fields, such as the immune system in the field of regenerative medicine, or various types of cancer.
This is due to a number of advantages that this technique has, since its low homogeneity produces a better tolerance for allogeneic stem cell transplants, or even obtaining such cells, because it occurs without any pain or the mother or the newborn.