Magical Baby
Okay, so I had no clue what to talk about this week until my friend told me about something that happened to her while she was pregnant with her second child.
Long story short, her child was born nine weeks premature due to something called Preterm Premature Rupture of Membrane. PrePROM for short, this caused her water to break and for her to be stuck in the hospital for six weeks. When her daughter was finally born, she decided to send off the umbilical cord blood to the research lab and she learned how her daughters cord blood could be used to treat and cancers or infections her daughter could contract throughout her life.
I found this story of hers interesting because I have never heard of umbilical cord banking until today. When I looked it up, I found so much information out and now I am here to share it with you.
Umbilical cord blood banking is used to treat nearly 80 different diseases, including a multitude of cancers, genetic diseases, and blood disorders. What I found even more interesting, is that the cord blood collected is not limited to only the child it came from. Siblings also have access to this blood, something called allogenic use. In fact, research shows that treatments using cord blood from a family member are about twice as successful as treatments using cord blood from a non-relative.
Umbilical cord blood is useful for potential future applications of stem cells. Their use in treating Alzheimer’s Disease, ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease, cardiac disease, cerebral palsy, diabetes, Huntington’s disease, lupus, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, Parkinson’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, spinal cord injury, and stroke are all currently being researched and studied. The list goes on and on for the applications of umbilical cord blood and I am so surprised that most doctors are still on the fence about it. I hope that more parents become aware of this blood banking and that it becomes more of a norm, but for now I am hopefully opening your eyes to something new.
Sources:
https://www.viacord.com/treatments-and-research/treatable-diseases-today/
https://www.corcell.com/blog/is-cord-blood-banking-worth-it/
https://www.webmd.com/parenting/baby/should-you-bank-your-babys-cord-blood
Long story short, her child was born nine weeks premature due to something called Preterm Premature Rupture of Membrane. PrePROM for short, this caused her water to break and for her to be stuck in the hospital for six weeks. When her daughter was finally born, she decided to send off the umbilical cord blood to the research lab and she learned how her daughters cord blood could be used to treat and cancers or infections her daughter could contract throughout her life.
I found this story of hers interesting because I have never heard of umbilical cord banking until today. When I looked it up, I found so much information out and now I am here to share it with you.
Umbilical cord blood banking is used to treat nearly 80 different diseases, including a multitude of cancers, genetic diseases, and blood disorders. What I found even more interesting, is that the cord blood collected is not limited to only the child it came from. Siblings also have access to this blood, something called allogenic use. In fact, research shows that treatments using cord blood from a family member are about twice as successful as treatments using cord blood from a non-relative.
Umbilical cord blood is useful for potential future applications of stem cells. Their use in treating Alzheimer’s Disease, ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease, cardiac disease, cerebral palsy, diabetes, Huntington’s disease, lupus, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, Parkinson’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, spinal cord injury, and stroke are all currently being researched and studied. The list goes on and on for the applications of umbilical cord blood and I am so surprised that most doctors are still on the fence about it. I hope that more parents become aware of this blood banking and that it becomes more of a norm, but for now I am hopefully opening your eyes to something new.
Sources:
https://www.viacord.com/treatments-and-research/treatable-diseases-today/
https://www.corcell.com/blog/is-cord-blood-banking-worth-it/
https://www.webmd.com/parenting/baby/should-you-bank-your-babys-cord-blood
WOW! This blog post was really interesting. When I first read the sentence about sending the cord off I thought it was going to be something gross like when one of the Kardashian's ate her placenta. Anyways I think this is so cool that this can help not only the child but also the siblings! Great post!
ReplyDeleteOkay at first I was like what in the world could an umbilical cord be used for... then bam. I cannot believe that babies can have this type of blood that can cure certain diseases. Now that they can correctly store these cords this means that they can start studying this blood and hopefully find a cure for some diseases. This topic is truly incredible and now I cant wait to tell everyone about it! Thank you for such an interesting topic.
ReplyDeleteI have heard about the healing properties of placenta and I have even heard about people putting them into pill form.Its awesome that it can be used to help others. Good job!
ReplyDeleteSpecifically, how is cord blood used to treat theses diseases? What do these diseases have in common?
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