More than 8000 transplants has been done using Cord Blood since the first transplant in 1988.Families know that there is only one opportunity – at birth – to collect these genetically unique stem cells and if not taken, the cord blood is simply discarded.This technology to collect and store newborn’s umbilical cord blood stem cells has only been widely available since late 1995.Currently, thousands of parents are taking advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In regenerative medicine stem cells are used to repair damaged tissues and organs inside the body.
Cord Blood preservation is viewed it as a type of “biological insurance” – because these stem cells may be lifesaving to their family, as there are many dieseases cured by cord blood.People are storing cord blood as it may offer a lifetime of protection:
- Regenerative medicine therapies using cord blood, the child’s own stem cells are required.
- For treating cancers and blood disorders in transplant medicine, having the family’s own cord blood available has many advantage as it reduces complications.
- The baby’s cord blood may be used to treat many diseases including leukemia, other cancers, and blood disorders.
- Potential to treat conditions that have no cure today – like juvenile diabetes and brain injury.
Some families have more defined risk factors, but most families bank for the security of knowing the health benefits that stem cells may someday offer their children, themselves, or other family members.
What are the options you have in Cold Blood Preservation?
As it turns out, the Cord Blood of America been in business (Publicly traded) since 2003 and featured in countless news and media overages, including Fox news.
CBAI recently signed a deal licensing its umbilical cord blood technology to AXM Pharma Inc.
They are actually located on Helm Drive in Las Vegas and currently hold the record for the largest cryogenic storage facility in the world. Cryogenic technology is widely used in rocket launching all over the world.
Cryogenic pertains to liquefied gases, ie, helium, nitrogen, CO2, which are all inert and extremely cold, ie. -270 deg. Celsius. Others are reactive, LP, Hydrogen.
Information from Analysis of Cord Blood Banking
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