Balancing conflicting claims about Cord Blood Banking, stem cell preservation
                     Balancing conflicting claims about Cord Blood Banking
BALANCING CONFLICTING CLAIMS 
ABOUT CORD BLOOD BANKING
Baby’s Cord Blood Cell
 Families that are about to 
welcome a new born baby 
often gets flooded with 
endless suggestions and 
questions. It circles 
everything from fixing the 
best baby name to the best 
baby diet, to keep the new 
born healthy and fit. 
 And today, parents-to be are 
faced with yet another 
crucial question, i.e. 
whether or not to stone the 
baby’s cord blood cell.
Best Medical Alternative
 Today, in a world where 
everyone’s on the move to 
grab the best medical 
alternative they can to 
secure their child’s and 
family, cord blood banking 
is one field that gets huge 
support. But, whereas one 
school of views support 
this process, there’s 
another that has opposing 
views. 
 Shrouded in polar 
thoughts, the topic of cord 
blood banking has 
attracted a couple of 
conflicts to it, which blurs 
the main focus – that is 
whether it’s beneficial and 
who and how it’s 
beneficial.
A Basic Overview
 Let’s start with the fundamental 
know-how. Cord blood is 
technically a minute quantity of 
blood that remains in the 
umbilical cord after a child is 
born. This remaining blood can 
be collected once the baby 
delivery is done. Being a rich 
storehouse of stem cells, cord 
blood is instrumental in 
developing chunks of blood 
cells and also boosts the 
immune system. Back in 2016, 
it has been calculated that 29% 
of patients received cord blood 
transplant in US and have 
immensely benefited from it.
A Basic Overview
 For a while, scientists and 
medical researchers have been 
invested in clinical trials 
declaring that cord blood stem 
cells have effectively helped to 
cure more than 80 life 
threatening ailments. These 
diseases are blood related, 
immunological, various 
cancers, severe brain and 
spinal cord injuries as well as 
the Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
 This has made families having a 
history of severe ailments opt 
in for cord blood banking. 
Fundamental Properties
 The successful treatment of 
malignant disorders have made 
parents to be think of cord 
blood as an insurance code to 
their child’s and family health.
 So why is it that a set of 
parents and families aren’t 
convinced about cord blood 
banking, despite saying yes to 
the process. The truth, there 
are certain considerations that 
need to be made. For instance, 
it is important for a stem cell 
to possess three fundamental 
properties.
Fundamental Properties
 The strong capacity to 
regenerate, thus when they 
are divided they are able to 
produce similar daughter 
cells that preserves the cell 
line production.
 Stems cells also need to have 
the capacity to distinguish, 
that they are able to set up 
specific form and functions. 
For instance, developing into 
a liver tissue in place of a 
cardiac tissue. However, stem 
cells that branch out into any 
cell type in the human body is 
termed as pluripotent and the 
ones which branch into a pre-
destiny is called multipotent.
Fundamental Properties
 And finally stem cells also 
need to be able to refill 
the tissue cells that has 
been damaged severely in 
the blood, skin or gut and 
needs to be renewed at 
an ongoing basis from the 
stem cell source.
 Hence, the umbilical cord 
which according to few 
was considered to be of 
no medical use post child 
birth, has been proved 
wrong through the 
successful cord blood 
transplants. 
Practical Side of Cord Blood
 However, the fact that there 
exist still few disappointments 
on the subject could be traced 
to its disadvantages. And one 
being a minimum quantity of 
50 to 200 ml needs to be made 
ready for collection. If the 
amount is less, then the 
sample is invalid. 
 However, in majority there 
seems to be not ample blood. 
Furthermore, a meagre 8 to 12 
% of cord blood units have apt 
stem cells for an individual 
transplant who weighs 80 kgs.
About CordlifeIndia
 CordlifeIndia provides services like 
stem cell cord banking, stem cell preservation for 
baby’s secure life.
 We provide reliable healthcare solutions through 
innovation, technological advancement and 
commitment to quality .
 We help people live healthier, happier and longer.
References
 https://www.cordlifeindia.com/blog/balancing-con
flicting-claims-cord-blood-banking/
 https://blogs.babycenter.com/mom_stories/09042
014-balancing-conflicting-claims-about-cord-
blood-banking/
 https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/10/13/cord-
blood-banking-not-insurance-future-11957