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Umbilical cord blood banking is becoming a common post-birth process due to the benefits of cord blood stem cells, which often function as alternatives to bone marrow stem cells or other methods of therapy. But as researchers continue uncovering new benefits of cord blood, experts are also uncovering uses for cord tissue.
Cord tissue is an actual piece of the umbilical cord that is collected along with the cord blood after the birth of a baby. Cord tissue is a rich source of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), which are different from the stem cells found within the baby’s umbilical cord blood.
Unlike cord blood stem cells, clinical trials involving MSCs are at very preliminary stages of development. More research is required to verify the therapeutic benefits derived from MSCs, but trials are currently underway to test if MSCs can improve the lives of patients with heart failure, stroke, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and many other conditions.
Experts believe as many as 1 in 3 people living with genetic disorders can benefit from regenerative medicine derived from cord tissue. If the trials are a success, researchers believe banking cord tissue and using MSCs can help improve one or more of the following conditions:
• Bone and cartilage regenerative therapy
• Autoimmune disorders such as crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and others
• Cardiovascular disease with potential to improve peripheral vascular disorders
• Liver disease
• Parkinson’s
• Spinal cord injury
Recognizing the benefits of both cord blood and cord tissue banking, Insception Lifebank is offering full processing and storing services of cord tissue in addition to cord blood banking and storage which became effective on June 2, 2014. Once your baby is born and the cord blood is collected, your health care provider will take a 20 cm segment of thea umbilical cord.
The cord blood and cord tissue is then sent to Insception Lifebank for cryopreservation and storage. This option allows you to bank two categories of stem cells, effectively providing your family additional options for therapy if ever the need should arise.
