What Are Umbilical Stem Cells?

Umbilical cord blood is collected after the newborn is born. The baby's 3-8cm umbilical cord is used to store two hemostats to ligate and break the umbilical cord. The baby is taken away for treatment, disinfected close to the female end of the hemostat and the needle is inserted into the umbilical vein. blood. Umbilical cord blood collection is different from traditional bone marrow collection. It does not require anesthesia. The placenta and umbilical cord are painless and have no side effects. The placenta and umbilical cord were originally discarded as waste after the fetus was born. It is carried out in the future, so it has no adverse effects on mothers and children. It belongs to the "use of waste, turning waste into treasure". Umbilical cord blood contains a large number of stem cells, called ^[1] Umbilical cord stem cells, which are the main source of blood and immune cells for the fetus. Stem cells are important cells of the human body and are distributed in a variety of organs and tissues. They have the potential to regenerate various tissues and organs. .

Cord blood stem cells

There are three major types of cells in the blood:

There are three umbilical cord blood banks in the local area, one is the umbilical cord blood bank of the National Blood Center, and the other two are cord blood from the private sector, and Cryo Cord is one of them. The company's executive director Liu Hanyi revealed that the medical function of cord blood stem cells was discovered as early as the late 1980s. "In the late 1980s, scientists found that the blood in the umbilical cord of the placenta in the mother's body contained high concentrations of stem cells that could be used for medical purposes.

In addition, compared to the

· Red blood cell disease

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Liposarcoma, Yolk sac sarcoma, Neuroblastoma, Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Procedure for storing stem cells

1. Consult an umbilical cord stem cell specialist (one month before delivery)

2: registration procedures

Customers need to make an appointment for registration.The registration process takes about 30 minutes to 45 minutes

The client completes the contract, and the consultant will give the `` storage box '' to the expectant mother and bring it to the hospital during production

3 .: Collection of Cord Blood

Umbilical cord blood: After the baby is born and the umbilical cord is cut, the doctor will take the cord blood from the umbilical cord vein. After completing and recording the data, please place the umbilical cord blood at room temperature (15-25 ° C) and immediately call the storage institution to arrange for blood collection.

Umbilical cord: If the parents store the umbilical cord for the baby, the doctor will cut the umbilical cord into small pieces and put it into the umbilical cord disinfection bottle after taking the umbilical cord blood. Please put the umbilical cord sterilization bottle in Shengbao's prepared incubator to refrigerate (2-10 ) and call Shengbao immediately to arrange blood collection.

4: Shipping

Professional blood collectors collect umbilical cord (and umbilical cord) blood at the hospital and return it to the laboratory.The umbilical cord blood is processed and stored within 24 hours

5: Inspection and storage

Adopting the most advanced storage equipment to ensure that cell viability reaches international medical standards

6. Report

The customer received a detailed report 4 to 6 weeks after the birth of the baby, and the customer service staff followed up