Researches are being done to explore more about Umbilical Cord Blood banking, biology or transplantation practices that are currently in demand.

Umbilical Cord Blood banking and related funding and most importantly to guarantee to avail UCB units of no less than 5/6 match for all the patients. One research has shown that American-African patients of any group are least likely to find any umbilical cord blood unit of their suitability. Unit quality is also the matter of concern for umbilical cord blood banking.

Acc to survey there are approximately 250,000 units across the world but the clear picture of number of units providing sufficient size and quality is not yet known.

Transplantation centres have found that the unit quality may vary from one unit to another unit and from one bank to another bank. Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 has authorized at least $79 million to collect 150,000 new Umbilical Cord Blood units and also it supports creation of a national cord blood program in U.S.

According to the studies done by several researchers from various Universities, targeted immune suppression with the use of stem cells obtained from human umbilical cord blood reduces Alzheimer’s disease in a conducted mouse model.

This disease is incurable and a progressive brain that has been expected to affect almost five million people in United States alone. This research will help in making the advanced discoveries in making use of umbilical cord blood stem cells for the host of neurodegenerative and other chronic conditions.

Many ongoing research projects have been passed and are funded by nation’s well established family cord blood banks. A large number of researches have been conducted in past two decades have revealed the life-saving potential of stem cells obtained from umbilical cord blood involving degeneration of tissues.

Cord blood stem cells are proved to treat more than 70 life threatening diseases like leukaemia, neuroblastoma, type 1 diabetes and ischemic brain injury. The researches related to the benefits of cord blood and priceless yet highly valued stored cord blood for future use.

Many institutes are working hard to obtain new growth factors that will help to grow more number of stem cells that can be captured from cord blood collection from umbilical cord and placenta. The researchers who focussed earlier on capability of cord blood cells to turn in blood cells are now exploring ways to grow other kinds of cell from umbilical cord blood stem cells.

These researches have advanced a medical waste that is left after the childbirth to a life-saving resource. People suffering from immune system diseases such as severe combined immunodeficiency, generally called the Boy in the bubble disease have also stimulated to cord blood treatment.

Through researches umbilical cord blood has been successfully used to cure various illnesses or to give rise to other cell types in the body. A substance that was earlier just a medical waste is now used in many transplants and therapies including the bone marrow transplants.

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