Overview of Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplant
2012-01-01 17:18
Cord blood, also known as placental blood or Umbilical cord blood is one kind of blood which is in the blood vessels when the new baby is born.
In 1974, Kundtzon firstly found hematopoietic cell in cord blood. Later, Nakahata found that the cord blood have more hematopoietic cells than bone marrow in 1982. In 1983, Toles proved through animal experiment that hematopoietic progenitor cells of cord blood transplant was available.
In 1988, Gluckamn perform the first cord blood stem cell transplant. They treated one child with Fanconi’s anemia by the cord blood stem cells, which created the first cord blood stem cell transplant to treat disease. From then on, cord blood stem cell transplant is performed worldwide.
Compared with bone marrow stem cell transplant, cord blood stem cell transplant has a lower incidence of GVHD. There is no need of match in cord blood stem cell transplant.
As the cord blood stem cell transplant develops, more and more people turn their focus to cord blood stem cell transplant.
Cord blood is different from bone marrow. The source of cord blood is wider than bone marrow. Cord blood can be stored for the usage later.
The process of collecting cord blood is simple and painless. There is no match. Cord blood stem cell transplant is a new way of hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Cord blood stem cells are rich in hematopoietic stem cells and have wide source. Meanwhile, immunocyte is immature and collection of cord blood is easy. Cord blood stem cell transplant has been the focus in the world. It attracts more and more scientists.
The first umbilical cord blood transplant was performed in 1988 and we are now here ringing in the new year of 2012. In just 24 years, cord blood transplants have gone from a potential concept to being used to battle over 70+ diseases presently with over 20,000 transplants having been performed to date. Some of the potential future applications include spinal cord injury, Diabetes, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's to name a few. I hope all will take the time to learn more about the wonderful service of cord blood banking for it could be a life-saving decision. You can always visit www.thecordgroup.com for a free information packet to any expecting families................MrCordBlood
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