What Are Cord Blood Stem Cells?
Stem cells, like those found in the placenta and umbilical cord are the source of platelets and the oxygen-carrying red blood cells in your bloodstream. Stem cells also give birth to the immune system which allows you to fight infections and protect your body from foreign matter. Stem cells can also form into other tissue types.
In healthy people, stem cells continually replenish the blood and immune system cells. However, if the blood system has been ravished by disease or by treatments such as radiation or chemotherapy, new stem cells are necessary to rebuild the body’s blood and immune systems.
Preserved cord blood stem cells represent a significant new method of rebuilding a person’s blood system and hold promise for regenerative therapies in the future.
Someday, the umbilical cord stem cells you preserve with CorCell could potentially be used to treat and improve the quality of life of your child should he or she become sick.
