tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83286597094800890572024-02-20T12:32:22.726-08:00CORD BLOODSaving your baby's cord blood stem cells can help protect your family's health. Today, stem cells are being used to treat nearly 70 diseases, tomorrow countless more. With CBR, you can feel secure knowing you've chosen the largest, most experienced cord blood bank in
the world.hymshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09071277357689480138noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328659709480089057.post-69739349400564364292007-04-24T04:08:00.000-07:002007-04-24T04:16:06.181-07:00Cryocell Cord Blood.Cryo-Cell’s strong reputation, longevity in the industry and high levels of client satisfaction have earned us the trust of over 135,000 families worldwide. Individually, these attributes are impressive. But together, they give parents the comfort of knowing they’re saving with the best.<br /> <br /> <span class="subheadline">10 Reasons to Choose Cryo-Cell</span> <ol><li>Cryo-Cell boasts the industry’s highest levels of quality certifications and accreditations. </li><li>Our U-Cord® Service provides our clients superior value and unique features. </li><li>Cryo-Cell is one of the world’s largest and most established family cord blood banks with over 135,000 clients worldwide. We are proud of the <a href="http://www.cryo-cell.com/services/customer_service.asp">high levels</a> of satisfaction our clients report. </li><li>We are a category-exclusive Upromise® partner and contribute 2% to client’s established Upromise accounts. </li><li>There is no extra charge for personal bedside courier service (U.S. and Puerto Rico only). </li><li>We provide a $50,000 Product Quality Guarantee. </li><li>We provide a $10,000 Cryo-Cell Cares™ payment to our client families to offset personal expenses during transplant procedures. </li><li>Our Client for Life™ program locks in today's pricing for future children. </li><li>There is no enrollment fee! </li><li>We offer a variety of payment plans and financing options to meet almost any budget. </li></ol>Resource:http://www.cryo-cell.com/services/why_cryo-cell.asphymshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09071277357689480138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328659709480089057.post-7871272524502340742007-04-24T04:01:00.000-07:002007-04-24T04:08:04.374-07:00Cord Blood Transplant.<div class="center"><h1>Cord Blood Transplants</h1></div> <!-- End Page Title --><!-- Start Content --> <!-- open div for content center --><!-- Only display photo box if it's a story --><!-- do nothing --> <!-- End story/photo code --> <p>Umbilical cord blood is playing an important and growing role in the treatment of leukemia and other life-threatening blood diseases. If you have been told a bone marrow transplant (BMT) is a possible treatment for your disease, a cord blood transplant may be an option.</p> <div class="jumpto">On this page:<br /><a class="jumpto" title="Cord Blood Basics" href="http://www.marrow.org/PATIENT/Undrstnd_Disease_Treat/Undrstnd_Treat_Opt/Lrn_BMT_Cord/Cord_Blood_Tx/index.html#basics" target="_self">Cord Blood Basics</a><br /><a class="jumpto" title="Patients Treated with Cord Blood Transplants" href="http://www.marrow.org/PATIENT/Undrstnd_Disease_Treat/Undrstnd_Treat_Opt/Lrn_BMT_Cord/Cord_Blood_Tx/index.html#treated" target="_self">Patients Treated with Cord Blood Transplants</a><br /><a class="jumpto" title="Reasons Doctors May Choose Cord Blood" href="http://www.marrow.org/PATIENT/Undrstnd_Disease_Treat/Undrstnd_Treat_Opt/Lrn_BMT_Cord/Cord_Blood_Tx/index.html#reasonsyes" target="_self">Reasons Doctors May Choose Cord Blood</a><br /><a class="jumpto" title="Reasons Doctors May Not Choose Cord Blood" href="http://www.marrow.org/PATIENT/Undrstnd_Disease_Treat/Undrstnd_Treat_Opt/Lrn_BMT_Cord/Cord_Blood_Tx/index.html#reasonsnot" target="_self">Reasons Doctors May Not Choose Cord Blood</a><br /></div><!-- end jumpto div --><!-- </div --><!-- end content --> <!-- END ON THIS PAGE --><!-- Content --><!-- <div class="center content"><br /><a class="anchorGlyph" name="basics"></a> <h2>Cord Blood Basics</h2><br />Umbilical cord blood is one of three sources for the blood-forming cells used in transplants. The other two sources are bone marrow and peripheral (circulating) blood. The first cord blood transplant was done in 1988. Cord blood plays an important role in transplant today. Doctors are still learning about the ways cord blood transplants are similar to and different from marrow or peripheral blood transplants.<br /><br /><p>Umbilical cord blood is collected from the umbilical cord and placenta after a baby is born. This blood is rich in blood-forming cells. The donated cord blood is tested, frozen and stored at a cord blood bank for future use. The stored cord blood is called a cord blood unit. To learn more about how cord blood is collected, see <a href="http://www.marrow.org/DONOR/cord_blood_donation_basic.html">Umbilical Cord Blood Donation</a>.</p> <p>The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) <a href="http://www.marrow.org/NMDP/registry.html">Registry</a> includes more than 50,000 cord blood units. Doctors search the NMDP Registry of adult marrow or peripheral blood cell donors and cord blood units to find a suitable HLA match for their patients who need a transplant. If selected, the matching cord blood is transplanted to a patient. The <a class="" title="transplant process" href="http://www.marrow.org/PATIENT/Donor_Select_Tx_Process/index.html" target="_self">transplant process</a> is the same as for marrow and peripheral blood cell transplants.</p><p>Reaource: http://www.marrow.org<br /></p>hymshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09071277357689480138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328659709480089057.post-54131484906761349222007-04-24T03:58:00.000-07:002007-04-24T04:00:57.517-07:00Cord Blood Bank.<p>Cord blood banks recruit expectant mothers to donate their baby's umbilical cord blood for transplants. The blood in the umbilical cord and placenta is unique because it contains large numbers of blood-forming cells. The blood-forming cells from cord blood are being studied under research protocols as a new method for treating patients with life-threatening <a class="" title="" href="http://www.marrow.org/PATIENT/Undrstnd_Disease_Treat/Lrn_about_Disease/index.html" target="_self">diseases</a>. The cord blood banks collect, process, test and store the donated umbilical cord blood. Blood from each cord is frozen (cryopreserved) as an individual cord blood unit that is available to transplant.</p> <div class="call_out"> <div class="call_out_header">Learn more about cord blood donation:</div> <ul><li><a href="http://www.marrow.org/HELP/donate_cord_blood.html">Donate Your Baby's Umbilical Cord Blood</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.marrow.org/DONOR/cord_blood_donation_basic.html">Umbilical Cord Blood Donation</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.marrow.org/DONOR/cord_blood_faqs.html">Cord Blood FAQs</a> </li></ul></div> <p>To learn more about our Network of cord blood banks or to look for one in your area, use the links below:</p> <ul><li><a class="" title="" href="http://www.marrow.org/ABOUT/NMDP_Network/Cord_Blood_Banks/CB_Participating_Hospitals/nmdp_cord_blood_hospitals.pl" target="_self">Cord blood participating hospitals</a> -- collect cord blood for our cord blood banks </li><li><a class="" title="" href="http://www.marrow.org/ABOUT/NMDP_Network/Cord_Blood_Banks/Network_Cord_Blood_Banks/nmdp_cord_blood_banks.pl" target="_self">Network cord blood banks (U.S.)</a> -- we coordinate access to a growing number of cord blood banks that have cord blood units available for public use </li><li><a class="" title="" href="http://www.marrow.org/ABOUT/NMDP_Network/Cord_Blood_Banks/Network_Intl_CB_Registries/index.html" target="_self">Network international cord blood registries</a> -- formal partnership agreements allow us to include cord blood units listed in these registries in every patient search </li><li><a class="" title="" href="http://www.marrow.org/ABOUT/NMDP_Network/Cord_Blood_Banks/Non-Network_Cord_Blood_Banks/index.html" target="_self">Non-Network cord blood banks</a> -- do not list their cord blood units with the NMDP Registry. </li></ul>Resource:http://www.marrow.org/ABOUT/NMDP_Network/Cord_Blood_Banks/hymshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09071277357689480138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328659709480089057.post-58302187410716723042007-04-24T03:55:00.000-07:002007-04-24T03:58:45.262-07:00Umbilical Cord Blood.In placental <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammal" title="Mammal">mammals</a>, the <b>umbilical cord</b> is a tube that connects a developing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryo" title="Embryo">embryo</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetus" title="Fetus">fetus</a> to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placenta" title="Placenta">placenta</a>. It normally contains three <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_vessel" title="Blood vessel">vessels</a>, two arteries and one vein, buried within <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wharton%27s_jelly" title="Wharton's jelly">Wharton's jelly</a>, for the exchange of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrient" title="Nutrient">nutrient</a>- and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen" title="Oxygen">oxygen</a>-rich <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood" title="Blood">blood</a> between the embryo and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placenta" title="Placenta">placenta</a>. The presence of only two vessels in the cord is sometimes related to abnormalities in the fetus, but may occur without accompanying abnormalities.<br /><br /><p>The umbilical cord develops from, and contains, remnants of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolk_sac" title="Yolk sac">yolk sac</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allantois" title="Allantois">allantois</a>. In humans, the umbilical cord in a full term neonate is usually about 50 cm long and about 2 cm in diameter.</p> <div class="thumb tright"><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 202px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Umbilicalstump.jpg" class="internal" title="A newborn with cord stump still visible after 7 days."><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Umbilicalstump.jpg/200px-Umbilicalstump.jpg" alt="A newborn with cord stump still visible after 7 days." longdesc="/wiki/Image:Umbilicalstump.jpg" class="thumbimage" height="156" width="200" /></a></div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify" style="float: right;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Umbilicalstump.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"><img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" height="11" width="15" /></a></div> A newborn with cord stump still visible after 7 days.</div> </div> </div> <p>In the third stage of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_%28childbirth%29" title="Labour (childbirth)">labour</a>, after the child is born, the uterus spontaneously expels the neonate's placenta along with the cord from the mother's body, 10-45 minutes after the birth. However, the umbilical cord is generally clamped during or within minutes of birth and severed shortly after, a practice of "active management of labor" which has become increasingly controversial due to the lower transfer of placental blood to the neonate and associated stressors. The health benefits of non-clamping of the cord and delayed umbilical severance as well as nonseverance are receiving attention in medical journals.<sup class="noprint Template-Fact"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources since April 2007" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i>citation needed</i>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>After the cord is clamped and cut (Western obstetrical protocol) the newborn wears a plastic clip on the navel area, where the remaining umbilical stub remains for up to 2-3 weeks until it falls off. In nonseverance scenarios, also called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Birth" title="Lotus Birth">Lotus Birth</a>, the umbilical cord is wrapped up to within an inch of the newborn's belly, and dries and naturally separates.</p> <p><a name="Makeup_and_composition" id="Makeup_and_composition"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">Makeup and composition</span></h2> <p>The umbilical cord is made of Wharton's jelly, not ordinary skin and connective tissue. There are no nerves, so cutting it is not painful. There is ordinarily no significant loss of either infant or maternal blood while cutting the cord. In many Western cultures the umbilical cord is traditionally cut by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father" title="Father">father</a> of the baby. The cord contains two arteries which carry deoxygenated blood (from the fetus back to the mother) and one vein that carries oxygenated blood (from the mother to the fetus). Today there are umbilical cord clamps which combine the cord clamps with the knife. These clamps are safer and faster, allowing one to first insert the cord clamp and then cut the umbilical cord.</p><br /><p>Resource:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbilical_cord<br /></p>hymshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09071277357689480138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328659709480089057.post-9987906370978485792007-04-24T03:41:00.000-07:002007-04-24T03:54:54.039-07:00Cord Blood Donation.<h3><span class="mw-headline">Free, public donation information</span></h3> <ul><li><a href="http://www.cordblooddonor.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.cordblooddonor.com" rel="nofollow">CordBloodDonor.com</a> — Learn about public banking options from a pro-private banking organization</li><li><a href="http://www.marrow.org/MEDICAL/cord_blood_donation_advanced.html" class="external text" title="http://www.marrow.org/MEDICAL/cord_blood_donation_advanced.html" rel="nofollow">National Marrow Donor Program</a> — Details on umbilical cord blood donation</li><li><a href="http://www.familycordbloodservices.com/faq_publicdonation.cfm" class="external text" title="http://www.familycordbloodservices.com/faq_publicdonation.cfm" rel="nofollow">Family Cord Blood Services</a> — Public Donation Option FAQs</li><li><a href="http://www.futurehealth.co.uk/" class="external text" title="http://www.futurehealth.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Future Health</a> — Cord blood donation and information</li><li><a href="http://www.cryo-intl.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.cryo-intl.com" rel="nofollow">Cryobanks International</a> — Accepts collections throughout the USA</li><li><a href="http://www.acbb.ca/" class="external text" title="http://www.acbb.ca/" rel="nofollow">Alberta Cord Blood Bank</a> — accepts collections throughout Canada</li><li><a href="http://www.babiesforlife.org/" class="external text" title="http://www.babiesforlife.org/" rel="nofollow">Babies for Life Foundation</a> — Public cord blood donation and education</li></ul> <p><a name="Diseases_treated_with_cord_blood_2" id="Diseases_treated_with_cord_blood_2"></a></p> <h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">Diseases treated with cord blood</span></h3> <ul><li><a href="http://www.cordblood.com/cord_blood_banking_with_cbr/banking/diseases_treated.asp" class="external text" title="http://www.cordblood.com/cord_blood_banking_with_cbr/banking/diseases_treated.asp" rel="nofollow">Diseases Treated with Umbilical Cord Blood</a> — List of over 75 diseases currently treated</li><li><a href="http://www.nationalcordbloodprogram.org/patients/ncbp_diseases.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.nationalcordbloodprogram.org/patients/ncbp_diseases.htm" rel="nofollow">National Cord Blood Program</a> — Frequency of patients transplanted with cord blood by disease</li><li><a href="http://www.cordbloodcenter.com/en/01_oc_li.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.cordbloodcenter.com/en/01_oc_li.htm" rel="nofollow">Cord Blood Center</a> — The list of diseases treated with haematopoietic cells transplantation, including autologous cord blood, cord blood from a sibling, autologous bone marrow, and bone marrow from a donor</li></ul>hymshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09071277357689480138noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328659709480089057.post-75702985901595371862007-04-24T03:35:00.000-07:002007-04-24T03:41:26.158-07:00Cord Blood.<p><b>Umbilical cord blood</b> is human <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood" title="Blood">blood</a> from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placenta" title="Placenta">placenta</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbilical_cord" title="Umbilical cord">umbilical cord</a> that is rich in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematopoietic" title="Hematopoietic">hematopoietic</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_cell" title="Stem cell">stem cells</a>. Cord blood is collected after the umbilical cord has been detached from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant" title="Infant">newborn</a>, and utilized as a source of stem cells for transplantation.</p> <p>Cord blood is stored by both public and private <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cord_blood_bank" title="Cord blood bank">cord blood banks</a>. Public cord blood banks store cord blood for the benefit of the general public, and most U.S. banks coordinate matching cord blood to patients through the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Marrow_Donor_Program" title="National Marrow Donor Program">National Marrow Donor Program</a> (NMDP). Private cord blood banks are for-profit organizations that store cord blood for the exclusive use of the donor or donor's relatives.</p> Public cord blood banking is strongly supported by the medical community. However, private cord blood banking is generally not recommended unless there is a family history of specific genetic diseases. Private banking is unlawful in France and Italy, and opposed by the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies.<br /><br />Resource:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cord_bloodhymshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09071277357689480138noreply@blogger.com0