More and more people are considering banking their newborn’s cord tissue because of its powerful treatment potential. Many healthcare bank facilities provide you with great cord tissue service. Generally, a reputable family bank goes the extra step to remove cord tissue MSCs and store them for potential use. They do the process to help recover every stem cell type from the cord tissue to get more cells for your family. Some family banks also store these cells in different compartment bags, offering you more and more options with greater flexibility.
What is Cord Tissue Banking?
Cord-tissue banking is a type of biological insurance for the family where the parents stores their baby’s stem cells to use for future therapies, such as Alzheimer’s, Autism, diabetes, lung cancer, and sports injuries. A cord tissue looks like a clear jelly that contains white cells, stem cells, and fats. It acts as insulation for the vein and two arteries that exist in the umbilical cords.
Cord tissue is an additional rich source to get MSCs or Mesenchymal Stem Cells that produce connective tissue. These stem cells are different than other types of stem cells in your baby’s cord blood. MSCs can quickly divide, restore, and distinguish themselves into a large range of cell types. Like cord blood, cord tissue has various functions of stem cells that may be handy in repairing the body in several ways. Several clinical studies prove that cord tissues are powerful cells that show great potential to help with different conditions as to muscle, nerve cells, and cartilage.
Collection of Cord Tissue Cells
Collecting cord tissue is a painless and safe process and does not interfere with your bonding time with your newborn. After your little one is born, the physician will clamp and cut the umbilical cord and collect the blood found in the tissue of the umbilical cord. The remaining umbilical cord tissue is stored in a sterilized and protective storage bag for safe use at a later stage.
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