Stem cells what they are and their values-converted
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Cord blood<br />
Cord blood (umbilical cord blood) is blood that remains in the placenta <strong>and</strong> in the attached umbilical<br />
cord after childbirth.<br />
Cord blood is made up of these components - Red blood <strong>cells</strong>, Blood, Plasma, platelets, which <strong>are</strong> found<br />
in the whole blood. In comparison with the whole blood, there <strong>are</strong> some differences in the cord blood,<br />
such as the cord blood contains more natural killer <strong>cells</strong>, lower absolute numbers of the T-<strong>cells</strong> <strong>and</strong> a<br />
higher immature T-<strong>cells</strong> <strong>are</strong> available. However, it is mainly the observation that cord blood contains<br />
various types of stem <strong>and</strong> progenitor <strong>cells</strong>, mostly hematopoietic stem <strong>cells</strong>, that contributes to the<br />
interest of cord blood. Many non-hematopoietic stem cell types <strong>are</strong> also present in cord blood, such as<br />
Mesenchymal stem <strong>cells</strong>, but in a lesser amount than bone marrow. Cord blood can also include<br />
endothelial progenitor <strong>cells</strong> <strong>and</strong> multipotent adult stem <strong>cells</strong>. Cord blood stem <strong>cells</strong> <strong>are</strong> frequently<br />
confused with embryonic stem <strong>cells</strong>. Cord blood stem <strong>cells</strong> <strong>are</strong> the type of adult stem <strong>cells</strong> which is<br />
different from the embryonic stem <strong>cells</strong>.<br />
• Use of cord blood<br />
Cord blood is used the same way that hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is used to<br />
reconstitute bone marrow following radiation treatment for various blood cancers, <strong>and</strong> for<br />
various forms of anaemia. Its efficacy is similar as well.<br />
• Diseases treated by cord blood stem <strong>cells</strong><br />
Cord blood is rich in hematopoietic stem <strong>cells</strong> those <strong>are</strong> pluripotent that means <strong>they</strong> have the<br />
potency to regenerate themselves into any kind of cell of the body. The hematopoietic stem<br />
<strong>cells</strong> can treat diseases related to blood <strong>and</strong> immune system such as leukaemia, anemia, SCIDs,<br />
hypoplasia, etc.
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