Harvesting Stem Cell from Peripheral Blood
                     Harvesting Stem Cell from Peripheral 
Blood
Cord Blood Banking Process 
• Cord blood banking is the 
process of collection as 
well as storage of the stem 
cells from the umbilical 
cord.
•  All of these stem cells are 
adaptable and can treat 
various diseases that can 
be regenerated into any 
type of cells.
Private and Public Bank
• Private cord blood banks mainly 
take a reasonable amount of 
fee for the collection, 
processing and storing the 
umbilical cord blood stem cells 
of your child. This method is 
performed so that the stored 
stem cells can be used for 
emerging treatments in the 
future for your family. 
•  There are some public banks 
where the cord blood is stored 
for free of cost but in this case, 
you cannot retrieve the stem 
cells of your own baby.
Two main storage of cord blood 
are:
• Donating the cord blood at 
a public bank can be used 
to match with the patients 
suffering from the severe 
medical condition.
• Storing of the cord blood in 
a private stem cell bank 
will help to retrieve your 
baby’s stem cells 
whenever you will need it.
Cord Clamping
• Medical staff usually 
collects cord blood right 
after birth, but if parents 
want to participate in 
delayed cord clamping, 
they can also wait for 
several minutes. 
• The clamping is done just 
like a normal procedure 
and for both the mother 
and her baby it is 
completely painless. 
Cord Blood Collection
• First, as a normal umbilical 
cord removal, the cord is 
clamped and cut. The 
medical staff must be 
trained on proper 
collections of cord blood— 
if they wait too long, the 
blood clots will be 
unnecessary for storage. 
• Then the blood is pulled 
out. A needle is placed in 
the cord and the rest of the 
blood is gently pulled out. 
This medical device is kept 
away from your baby, so 
it’s as safe as possible.
Cord Blood Collection
• Then the blood is shipped to 
your chosen bank, where it is 
tested. The bank 
cryogenically freezes the cord 
blood if the stem cells are 
usable, so it remains useful 
for decades to come.
• Several banks offer cord 
tissue services that will 
increase your family’s amount 
of banked stem cells— at an 
additional cost. More than 80 
diseases can currently be 
treated using cord blood stem 
cells, with more treatments 
emerging each year.
Cord Blood Collection
• The FDA has approved 
leukemia, aplastic anemia and 
other hazardous life-
threatening diseases for cord 
blood therapies.
• A clinical trial is looking at new 
therapies using cord blood in 
addition to current treatments. 
These include cerebral 
paralysis, autism, and diabetes 
of type 1. If current trials are 
successful, the treatment of 
cord blood may become a 
common practice in the next 
few years.
Viability of Cord Blood
• This means that cryogenically 
preserved stem cells still have 
decades of proper functioning. 
One scientist tested the 
viability of cord blood from 23 
years of age, and the sample 
remained in perfect condition.
•  While cord blood as n 
innovative methods in the 
field of regenerative studies is 
still rising and striving to the 
future of stem cell therapy is 
hopeful for many researchers 
and medical professionals.
References:
• https://www.cordlifeindia.com/blog/h
arvesting-stem-cell-peripheral-blood/
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/
NBK279428/