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Stem cells have the remarkable potential to develop into many different cell types in the body. Serving as a sort of repair system for the body, they can theoretically divide without limit to replenish other cells as long as the person or animal is still alive. When a stem cell divides, each new cell has the potential to either remain a stem cell or become another type of cell with a more specialized function, such as a muscle cell, a red blood cell, or a brain cell.Cord blood, which is also called "placental blood," is the blood that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta following birth and after the cord is cut. Cord blood is routinely discarded with the placenta and umbilical cord. Your baby's umbilical cord blood is a valuable source of stem cells, which are genetically unique to your baby and family. Cord blood stem cells have been "triggered" to differentiate into neural cells, which could lead to treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. One fact to take into consideration when deciding whether to save your baby's cord blood is that you only have one chance throughout your child's life for cord blood stem cell collection. Stem cell bank ensures that the cord blood stem cell collection and preservation process is safe and efficient for each and every one. After you’ve made the decision to store your child’s placental and/or cord blood stem cells, it is important to choose a cord blood bank that will deliver the service you expect. Senior advisers said that Mr Obama would issue an executive order to lift the eight-year limitation on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research imposed by the previous president, George Bush. Remeber your baby's umbilical cord blood is an abundant source of life-giving stem cells like those found in bone marrow. Cord blood stem cells are now being used to treat over 70 diseases with many more on the horizon. Sadly, cord blood is often discarded at birth and lost forever. But now, like so many new parents, you can safely store it for the unexpected. Advances in hematopoietic stem cell research are being made every day which may make the availability of cord blood even more important to a family. Today, there are numerous life threatening diseases that are treatable with cord blood stem cells and a family's access to a stored cord blood specimen will reduce the time between diagnosis and treatment significantly. Additional research has demonstrated that leukemia patients treated with sibling cord blood stem cells resulted in far fewer cases of both chronic and acute graft versus host disease as compared with bone marrow from a sibling with the same tissue type. Cord blood is now considered the therapy of choice for treating children with leukemia. Promising studies are occurring for heart disease and Type 1 Diabetes at the University of Florida and recent clinical trials for brain injury at Duke University have shown some extraordinary results. Further, cord blood stem cell therapy, developed at the University of Minnesota, has cured a boy's fatal disease epidermolysis bullosa. A bone marrow transplant delivers healthy bone marrow stem cells into the patient. It replaces bone marrow that is either not working properly or has been destroyed (ablated) by chemotherapy or radiation. A small amount of bone marrow is removed during a bone marrow aspiration. The procedure is uncomfortable, but can be tolerated by both children and adults. The marrow can be studied to determine the cause of anemia, the presence of leukemia or other malignancy, or the presence of some "storage diseases" in which abnormal metabolic products are stored in certain bone marrow cells. learn more about the importance of banking your baby's umbilical cord blood. Researchers at Cryo-Cell International Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CCEL), one of the world's largest cord blood banks, have isolated a new type of adult stem cell with potential for treating a broad range of diseases in the future. The stem cell, called a maternal placental stem cell (MPSC), is taken from the discarded placental tissue immediately after childbirth. Like stem cells recovered from umbilical cord blood, these cells may be collected without any risk to the mother or child.

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