Cord blood is a sample of blood taken from a newborn baby's umbilical cord.Cord blood is collected because it is rich in stem cells content, such as hematopoietic cells, which can be used to treat hematopoietic and genetic disorders. Cord Blood Transplantation has been used in the treatment of over 80 diseases, including leukemia, lymphoma and anemia. Advantages of Cord Blood Treatment: • ...

stem cells are naïve or master cells. this means they can transform into special 200 cell types as needed by body, and each of these cells has just one function. stem cells are found in many parts of the human body, although some sources have richer concentrations than others. some excellent sources of stem cells, such as bone marrow, peripheral blood, cord blood, other tissue stem cells and hu...

abstract background b cells play an important role in the immune system due to production of the immunoglobulin and secreting several cytokines. it has been shown that b cells produced successfully in the presence of stem cell factor (scf) and flt3 ligand (flt3l). il2, il7, and il15 cytokines as  -common family have an essential cytokines may support either synergistically or in an additi...

Cord blood hematopoietic stem cells are widely used as an alternative source for hematopoietic stem cells transplant. Increasing rate of patients who need hematopoietic stem cells transplant and many advantages of cord blood in comparison to bone marrow hematopoietic stem cells, have promoted banking of cord blood units. Cord blood banking requires accurate steps in donor selection, cord blood ...

Paraplegia or paraparesis secondary to spinal cord ischemia is an extremely rare complication after elective repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. We report delayed paraparesis after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in which one hypogastric artery was unintentionally occluded due to atheroembolism. A spinal catheter was immediately inserted after onset of paraplegia to promote cereb...

abstractbackground: fetal bovine serum (fbs) is widely used in cell culture laboratories,risk of zoonotic infections and allergic side effects create obstacles for its use inclinical trials. therefore, an alternative supplement with proper inherent growthpromotingactivities is demanded.objective: to find fbs substitute, we tested human umbilical cord blood serum(hucs) for proliferation of human...

The term “cord blood” is used for blood that is drawn from the umbilical cord and the placenta after a baby is born. Up until recently this afterbirth was discarded as medical waste. Cord blood contains stem cells that may be frozen for later use in medical therapies, such as stem cell transplantation or regenerative medicine. The umbilical cord and placenta are rich sources of stem cells. Thes...