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Parents who store their children’s umbilical cord blood stem cells can help ensure that potentially lifesaving stem cells will be available for their families in the future.
Today, the stem cells from the placenta and the umbilical cord blood can be banked so that if doctors choose to use the stem cells to treat an illness, […]
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The area of umbilical cord blood stem cell research has produced a number of successes in the treatment of diseases and conditions over the past decade. Today, stem cell transplants have been performed as treatment for more than 80 known diseases, including leukemia, lymphoma, and other blood-related disorders.
Stem cells are the building blocks of […]
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Cord blood banking has advanced to the point where thousands of patients have received treatment for more than 80 potentially life-threatening diseases and conditions. This has resulted in more expecting parents entrusting their children’s cord blood to an umbilical cord blood bank for potential future use.
A newborn’s umbilical cord blood, which is immediately collected […]
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To date, umbilical cord blood stem cells have proven capable of treating over 80 potentially life-threatening diseases and conditions, including acute and chronic leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, and various inherited disorders and abnormalities. Ongoing research may one day find ways to apply these CD34+ stem cells in the treatment of diabetes, muscular dystrophy, Alzheimer’s disease, spinal […]
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Scientists and doctors are hopeful that umbilical cord stem cell research holds the key to treating many currently incurable diseases and conditions such as diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, muscular dystrophy, heart disease, and more. This is why many medical professionals are encouraging expecting parents to make use of cord blood storage facilities as a way to […]
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