Cord blood banking: Definitions, pros, and cons – Medical News Today

Cord blood is the blood from a baby that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta after birth. Cord blood banks store frozen cord blood until someone who is a genetic match requires a transplant. Cord blood contains special cells called hematopoietic stem cells. Hematopoietic stem cells are immature cells that can develop into all types of blood cells, such as red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.

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What is cord blood banking? | BabyCenter

What is cord blood? Cord blood is the blood in your baby's umbilical cord and placenta. Cord blood contains potentially lifesaving cells called stem cells. (The stem cells in cord blood are different from embryonic stem cells.) Stem cells can develop into mature blood cells, including red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets

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Types of Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Transplants – American Cancer Society

Stem cell transplants are used to give back stem cells when the bone marrow has been destroyed by disease, chemotherapy (chemo), or radiation. Depending on where the stem cells come from, the transplant procedure may be called: They can all be called hematopoietic stem cell transplants. In a typical stem cell transplant for cancer, very high doses of chemo are used, sometimes along with radiation therapy, to try to kill all the cancer cells. This treatment also kills the stem cells in the bone marrow.

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