What is the use of umbilical cord blood?
Disease description:
After my child was born, we stored the umbilical cord blood in the hospital, but I'm not exactly sure about its specific uses. I would like to know what benefits or applications umbilical cord blood has.
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Zhang Lu
Cord blood refers to the blood collected from the umbilical cord after a newborn's birth. The main uses of cord blood are:
1. Providing hematopoietic stem cells. The abundant stem cells in cord blood serve as an important source of hematopoietic stem cells and can be used in the treatment of various major diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma, and aplastic anemia.
2. Cord blood also has the potential for organ cloning, repairing aged tissues and organs, and resisting human aging.
3. Cord blood has a relatively high safety profile. The rate of virus carriage in cord blood is lower than that in bone marrow, making it comparatively safer. Additionally, the collection of cord blood is completely painless, requires no anesthesia, is non-invasive, and poses no adverse effects to the health of either the mother or the child.
4. Family storage: Some families choose to preserve their newborn's cord blood for potential future use.
