guest article writer here today. remeber this is just for informational purposes which you need to confirm with your own doctor.

Cord blood registry is a powerful thing indeed cord blood is nothing more or less thanthe blood which is found in the umbilical cord just after the birth of the baby. It’s been medically proved that this particular blood is a rich source of stem cells, which are considered as builders of blood cells in the human body.

This blood which is seen as a source of stem cells generally produces and caters to the blood cell requirements of a human body. Medically, bone marrow has been considered as a great source of stem cells and bone marrow transplant is increasingly being used as a treatment in case of various problems related to blood, neurotic or genetic disorders. Today, besides bone marrow there are other reliable resources of retrieving stem cells, they are the peripheral blood and the Umbilical Blood Cord.

Lately, it has been found that the blood collected from the cord, contains stem cells that are richer in quality than the cells retrieved from other sources. This blood can be easily obtained after a child’s birth. As the blood is collected after the delivery, the child is not harmed in any way. After the blood is collected in special containers by the trained staff of the health center, it then undergoes processing and is stored in special centers known as cord blood banks. This blood can be later used to get the stem cells in case of a transplant. Cord blood registry amkes this all possible.

Cord blood is stored cryogenically.

Considering the relative advantages of storing the cord blood of baby, many families get themselves registered at various blood collecting centers or banks. These days Cord blood bank facility is being provided by both private and public centers. In a public cord blood bank (cbb), the cord blood that is donated is ’tissue typed’ and added to a public database, where it is easily available for any patient at the time of need, provided the blood matches. In a public cbb, the blood is available free of cost and irrespective of color, race, status and rank.

These days, people also get the cord blood stored in a private bank, after paying a nominal fee for the storage and reservation of blood. This can later be used by the donor for the treatment of any life threatening disease that might crop up in his family in the future. A lot of private cord blood banks have come up in recent times. But along with it there are many arguments also for and against private umbilical cord blood banking. Some critics argue that it is unethical to save the precious baby blood in the private banks while others refute their argument by saying that it can be very useful in cases where there is a family history of stem cell related problems. If a family can afford to bear the expenses of private banking and thereby save the life of member, no body should have a problem.

Umbilical cord blood banking is becoming pretty famous and wide spread because of its capability of treating various diseases. Today, more and more people are recognizing the use of the cord blood and therefore more banking centers are also being opened. Once you have taken the decision to collect and preserve the Cord Blood of your baby, you just have to get yourself registered at some private or public bank, so that the authorities collect process and store the blood with proper care for future use. So before going for cord blood registry please make sure that you clear all your doubts related to private or public banking, after all it is a question of investing on a healthy and secure life of your family

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Saving Cord Blood Saves Lives

Cord Blood from Baby Save Lives. A heartwarming reminder of the fact in this guest article writer’s words today. Stories that may or mau ispire you to donate cird blood or encourage you to encourage someone else to do this unselfish lifesaving act. As always we advise you seek the advise of your physician with regard to any and all decisions related to the material herein.

Umbilical cord blood contains blood-forming cells that can be used to treat life-threatening diseases and conditions. Expectant parents who do not want to store their baby’s cord blood for private use can donate it to a cord blood bank. Donated cord blood is available for public use and research, and has proven to save many lives.

One day your decision to participate in an umbilical cord blood banking donation program is very likely to save a life.                                                                                                                                                            
In 2006, Shelia Gannon was close to the end of a losing battle against acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a form of cancer that causes abnormal blood formation and a shortage of red and normal white blood cells and platelets. After chemotherapy, her cancer went into remission. A bone marrow transplant would have cured her but there was no match from her family members or the six million people on the marrow donor registry. Her doctors suggested the possibility of a cord blood stem cell transplant.

Unfortunately, when she arrived at a Minnesota clinic for the procedure, her cancer had returned and she was no longer able to have the transplant. In Denver, she underwent chemotherapy again. Her doctor at the Rocky Mountain Cancer Center decided to test a new double cord blood transplant on her. The procedure involved transplanting blood from 2 cords, so that one of them could save her life.

On January 3, 2006, Sheila Gannon was given cord blood from one male and one female baby. She recovered slowly and her body developed a new immune system. As at March 12, 2007, Sheila has been in remission for a year.Saving cord blood made possible for  the donated cord blood to give her a second chance at life.

David Kawika Schutte is further proof of the life saving potential of cord blood stem cells. Both he and his twin brother, Christopher Ikaika Schutte were diagnosed with Neutropenia. This is a rare blood disease where the body does not produce white blood cells at all. Those that have this disease rarely live beyond 2-3 years old. While the twins were given daily shots to boost their immune systems, David Kawika developed leukemia. Given his practically non-existent immune system, chemotherapy was not an option as it would have killed him. A bone marrow transplant would have cured him but there was no matching donor. When a cord match was eventually found for him, he underwent a cord blood stem cell transplant for leukemia. Following the treatment, David’s body created a new blood supply complete with white cells, hence a new immune system. David’s recovery has given hope to his twin brother, Christopher who is still waiting for a bone marrow or cord blood match.

It is your personal choice whether to store your baby’s cord blood for private use or donate it for public use. There is a need for ongoing cord blood donation especially from diverse racial and ethnic groups. The fact remains that patients from these groups have lower chances of finding matched donors than White patients.

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People with life-threatening diseases and conditions have been successfully treated with donated cord blood stem cells. However, there is still an urgent need for cord blood donation from donors of diverse racial and ethnic groups. Learn how your baby’s cord blood can save lives at www.storingcordblood.com/home

Private Cord Blood Banks ?

You have decided to go for cord blood donation. That’s great! But, have you decided which bank to save your sample at? There are a large number of banks across the nation that saves cord blood. If you are baffled and can’t decide which one to choose, then read this…

Things To Consider When Selecting A Bank

There are three major factors to check out for before picking a bank for cord blood banking or cord blood registry.

Private cord blood banks are in business to make money never  free. They charge somewhere around two thousand dollars for collection and the cord blood registry. Then, there is a on hundred dollars annual fee for storage of the sample. However, there are some banks that provide highly reduced rates, sometimes free storage, in cases where a child needs an immediate transplant. Contact various banks and know their prices. Each one has a price difference. Choose one that fits your budget. But, do not change your mind regarding saving your cord blood just because of the price factor. Life is more precious than dollars!

Location
 

Private cord blood banks are sprawled in every nook and corner of the country. Therefore, you should have no difficulty in finding one near your locality. Moreover, several hospitals are associated with private banks, especially the delivery centers. So, you can consult your doctor or midwife regarding this matter. Once you select a bank, it’s a good idea to have a discussion with its staff. They are competent professionals who can answer your questions and provide you with further information in this field.

Reputation
You have chosen your private cord blood bank, but is it reputable? Your question can be answered by AABB (American Association of Blood Banks). This association keeps an eye on blood banks throughout the country, offering the certificate of accreditation to them just like that offered to universities. So, before you give your final nod, check out with the AABB about the accreditation of your bank and whether they are any complaints lodged against it by other donors or recipients. After all, you don’t want to give your precious baby’s cord blood to just any bank down the corner, do you?

The most important thing to remember while choosing a private cord blood bank is to keep an open mind. Talk to your doctor about it; take an appointment with the bank’s trained staff. If there are people around you who have donated cord blood, then speak to them about it. You might dig out certain facts from their experience.

In short, do not jump into decisions blindly or in haste. Relax, research on the internet, and remember to consult people around you. Remember, you are about to take one of the major decisions of your life.

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 Consider Donating Cord Blood

Today we welcome the comments of a guest article writer for the blog.There is only information and maybe some advocacy but no absolutely no medical advice. For medical advice you must consult with your doctors who know best your personal medical history.

In spite of the extreme  potential of stem cell cord blood to treat various life-threatening diseases, the public cord blood banks are getting far too few donations and this precious resource goes literally into the medical waste bin. Why you ask ? There are many reasons for this but he common ones are inadequate equipment, lack of awareness among people, and funding  problems.In addition to this a major reason is that cord blood donors want to save the stem cells for their own family use . At least this is true for those who even give the whole thing any thought at all.

However, latest reports show that public cord blood banks are more beneficial for donors than other banks. Let’s see how.

The time to decide on banking your baby’s placental and cord blood public or private is when you can learn enough to make a well considered decision

Benefits Of Donating Cord Blood At Public Banks

You can hardly use the saved cord blood for your immediate members. This is good because cord blood from an ill child is not suitable for his or her use. The genetic matter of the disease is encoded in blood cells too. Parents are also the carriers, which make them unsuitable for  using the saved blood. In addition to this, the cord blood stem cells are not sufficient in quantity to transplant in adults or bigger-size person, who weighs more over one hundred pounds.

If you are in need of cord blood, the chances of getting a suitable match is very much  more likely in public cord blood banks than that in private ones. According to the National Marrow Donor Program’s Dennis Confer, the success rate of getting a perfect match is only twenty five per cent from private banks while that in public banks, it is seventy seven per cent. Moreover, if it’s an international based bank, then the success rate of getting a suitable match is even higher.

Doctors mostly prefer cord blood from public cord blood banks. This is because such banks are under strict regulation and comply with rigorous standards for cord blood preservation, which is not so with private banks. The former are very particular about hygiene, amount, and the quality of staff whereas the latter are more interested in making profit. In short, the quality of your cord blood can be at risk at private cord blood bank facility.

Public banks give priority to the need of the donors for their cord blood. Moreover, there are dim chances that your cord blood sample is used for the transplantation in someone else. According to an estimate, just 5 per cent of stored cord blood units are used.

It’s more economical to save cord blood in public banks, as they do not charge any money, unlike private cord blood banks that charge around $2,000 for the cord blood collection and registry and an annual fee of $100 for storage.

There’s not much thinking to do. It’s a question of saving a life. You can insure your home, car, and even your life, then why not insure disease treatment for your family?

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Are public cord blood banks a better option for cord blood storage? Why is a public cord bank better than a private cord blood bank? Why are people rushing to a private bank for cord blood banking?

Two Ways of Public Cord Blood Banking

Our guest article wroter here today talks first of the difference between privet and public cord blood banking howevr the matter of interest to me is that we be made aware that there are even differences in the pibluc banking system.

Read on please but remember no medical advice only info to make you better consumers. Medical advice can only come from your doctor who knows your personal medical history.

Placental blood is included in all discussions here. It serves the same purpose and is colected with theumbilical cord blood at the birth of the child.

  Placental and cord blood every drop collected counts.

Are you planning for cord blood donation? Then, it’s important that you know about the kinds of cord blood banks.

Private Vs. Public Cord Blood Banks

Cord blood banks are mainly of two types, i.e. public cord blood banks and Private Banks. Normally, public cord blood banks are set up to facilitate umbilical stem cell research for disease treatment and for utilization in transplants of non-relatives. If you decide to save your baby’s cord blood at a public cord blood bank, they won’t provide you the link between your baby and her cord blood unit. Therefore, in time of need, there is no guarantee that you will be able to access your baby’s cord blood unit. On the contrary, if you donate your baby’s cord blood to a private bank, no one else is authorized to access and use that particular cord blood unit without your permission.

Public cord blood banks have been further categorized according to profit and non-profit objectives.

The Non-Profit Public Bank

An estimate says that about 75 per cent of cord blood banks across the globe are either public or private non-profit ones, which work for public interest. They save samples for transplant or cord blood research, and for family use, if a family has a known risk with a rare HLA group.

Remember, if you donate cord blood to a non-profit bank, then the bank, and NOT YOU, are the owner of it. These banks store the blood for free and add them in the donor registry, which is accessed by doctors and researchers.

The For-Profit Public Bank

These banks save your samples for free, but make profit by selling the cord blood units for research. The selling of freely stored blood is legal in US, but illegal in several Asian and European nations.

Private Cord Blood Bank

A private bank is an independent unit and not owned by the state. As mentioned earlier, ONLY YOU are entitled to access and use your cord blood sample. Such banks charge around $500 to $2,000 to store the sample. The charges vary with different private banks. Besides this, there is a maintenance fee or handling fee, which comes to around $100 annually.

Research Public Banks (RPBs)
These are another kind of banks, which were set up in the early 2000’s. The cord blood samples stored in such banks are not used for transplants, but ONLY for research. The banks take your samples for free and use them in their own research or sell them to other researchers.

So, now that you are aware of the kinds of cord blood banks, you can go for cord blood donations depending on whether you want to donate the sample for family use or simply help in research. Remember, if you don’t like the idea of someone else using your baby’s stem cells, forget using public cord blood banks.

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There are two types of cord blood banks. Private cord blood banks and public cord blood banks. CordBlood-Banking.Org offers details about the way public and private cord blood banks work and other aspects of stem cell and cord blood issues to help you make a smart choice.

This brief clip will help you understand the storage of cord stem cell blood and cordblood bank public vs. private.

Cord Blood Storage is once again discussed by a guest article writer today. Remember that in this and all things that involve decisions of a medical nature you must consult with your personal doctor who knows your medical history. There is no advice here only information.

Human umbilical cord blood, or "cord blood," as it is commonly referred to, contains an unusually rich supply of stem cells. Stem cells are the "mother of the blood cells". These stem cells produce the red, white and immune cells that make up your blood. Stem cells found in this blood have been used to save the lives of individuals with various types of diseases like Leukemia, Anemia. Parkinson’s disease, Spinal cord injury (paralysis), Retinal disease, Multiple sclerosis, Neuroblastoma and many more.

No doubt there are other sources of stem cells like Bone marrow and Peripheral Blood which are used to help cure individuals with blood disorders. However, bone marrow has its disadvantages like

a)It is extremely difficult to match the Bone Marrow.

b)Often bone marrow carries with it infections the donor has previously contracted. Graft vs. host disease (GVHD) is the leading cause of mortality in bone marrow transplantation.

c)Bone Marrow is often rejected by an individual’s own immune system.

For these reasons many people are now resorting to the usage of stem cells retrieved from the cord blood after it has been clamped, following the birth of the baby. Umbilical cord blood is rich in stem cells, the building blocks to all other cells in the blood and immune system. These valuable cells can now be cryogenically preserved as a form of "biological insurance."

While stem cells are the same disease-fighting cells normally found in bone marrow, umbilical cord blood’s stem cells are immature cells, less immunologic ally selective than those of marrow stem cells. Your baby’s umbilical cord blood is a perfect match for your child, and carries no risk of rejection. Rejection is the number one complication for unrelated transplants. It is immediately available if ever needed, there is no need to search for a donor.

Cord blood is not only beneficial for the child but is insurance for other family members too. The child’s cord blood may be used for the mother of the child (ex: women who develop breast or gynecological cancers), or possibly for other children in the same family. Many children’s lives have been saved by the cord blood from their newborn brothers or sisters. The cord blood can also be donated to save the lives of others provided it matches with the recipients blood.

These days there are mainly two ways of getting the Cord Blood of your baby stored. Storing of this Blood is referred to as Cord Blood Banking. You can either donate the cord blood to a Public Cord Blood Bank or save it in a Private Cord Blood Bank Generally a private bank will collect and store your baby’s stem cells exclusively for the future use of your family. However, in addition, some of these private banks also store a part of your baby’s blood in their publicly accessible bank where it is accessible to other patients for allogeneic transplant. This is why now-a- days many Cord Blood Bank are also serving a dual purpose.

People can donate their baby’s cord blood stem cells to a public bank, much like donating blood, so that they can be used by anyone that needs them. When people choose to do this, there’s no guarantee that any of their baby’s stem cells will be left should they need them in the future.
These Banks store the whole blood in bags. There are fewer steps involved when handling bags. A 1cc sample is stored for future testing purposes so that the entire blood sample does not need to be defrosted. The cord blood is labeled with three identifying markers and then slowly frozen at a controlled rate in a programmable liquid nitrogen freezer. It is then immersed in liquid nitrogen where it is kept at a constant temperature of -196 degrees Celsius and stored in a monitored cryogenic freezer. The freezer requires no electrical power because the liquid nitrogen freezes the blood; therefore, power outages pose no problem.

Talk to your doctor about your desire to store your child’s cord blood. Make sure your have completed all of your prenatal testing for HIV, hepatitis B and C and syphilis. Complete and send your registration forms. When you receive your kit, read over all the material and pack it in your suitcase, keeping it at room temperature to take to the hospital.

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Cord Blood Banking enables you to secure a better and healthy life of your family from deadly diseases For more information on Cord Blood and Cord Blood Storage or Log on to www.cordbloodinfo.org/cord-blood-storage.html for more details.

The Importance of Umbilical  Cord Blood?

Umbilical cord blood is the blood that is found in the umbilical cord and the placenta. It is extracted immediately after the delivery of the baby. This blood is rich in stem cells. Stem cells are the architects of your body. They have the capability of creating new blood cells, brain cells, etc. They can adjust to the body anytime and start repairing or replenishing the old cells. Placental cord blood is a misnomer although blood is saved from the placenta.

Stem cells can give the scientist a treasure of information about various diseases and birth defects. With a detailed study, the reasons behind various genetic diseases and deformities can be unearthed. The specialty of the stem cells lies in their ability to multiple several times and creates whichever cell the body needs.

The umbilical cord and the placenta are rich sources of life saving stem cells. whetehre these are stored in public or private cord cell banks they have great potential to save lives.

Diseases That Can Be Treated With Stem Cells

More than 70 diseases can be treated with the help of the umbilical cord blood cells. Some of them are as follows:

Bone Marrow Failure Disorders like Aplastic Anemia (Severe), Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia, Pure Red Cell Aplasia, etc

Hemoblobinopathies like Beta Thalassemia Major and Sickle Cell Disease

Histiocytic Disorders like Hemophagocytosis

Inherited Immune System Disorders like Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome, Reticular Dysgenesis, Chronic Granulomatous Disease, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome, etc

Inherited Metabolic Disorders like Gaucher Disease, Krabbe Disease, Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome, Tay Sachs, Wolman Disease, etc

Leukemias and Lymphomas like Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, Adult T Cell Leukemia, Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Juvenile Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Polymphocytic Leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia etc

Plasma Cell Disorders like Plasma Cell Leukemia, Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia, etc

Other Inherited Disorders like Cartilage-Hair Hypoplasia, DiGeorge Syndrome, Osteopetrosis, etc

Extensive research is being conducted the benefits of cord blood stem cells in ailments like Brain tumor, Ovarian cancer, Small cell lung cancer, testicular cancer, Rheumatoid Arthritis, spinal injury, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, Muscular Dystrophy, etc

Cord Blood Vs Bone Marrow Transplants

Why do we need to preserve the cord blood? Bone marrow stem cells should be enough. Well, there are still debates on this issue. There is one point that everyone agrees with. That is, umbilical cord blood and placental cord blood has more stem cells than the bone marrow does. On the other hand, unlike the cord blood, adult donor blood is not limited by quantity. However, cord blood stem cells are more flexible compared to the bone marrow cells. Very rarely is it seen that a patient’s body has rejected the cord blood stem cells.

Cord Blood Banks

Placental Cord blood banking is increasing in popularity over the past few years. Two types of banks specialize in umbilical cord blood collection and preservation- Public Cord Blood Bank and the Private Cord Blood Bank. Public Cord Blood Banking services are free. Here you can preserve your child’s stem cells. However, a point to note is if you plan to preserve the blood specifically for your family, you will be unable to do so in a public cord blood bank. Here it is more like a donation for the well-being of the society and research. Private blood banks are expensive. Nevertheless, here you can preserve the stem cells just for your family use.

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Umbilical cord blood is very important because the stem cells of cord blood can be used for treatment of many deadly diseases. It is therefore important to preserve cord blood in a  cord blood bank also known as cord blood registry.

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Public cord blood donation an idea whose time has come.

You would think that banking your baby’s cord blood is a very popular practice by new parents if you are a regular reader of parenting magazines. There are a lot of advertisements that encourage you to become a customer.

It is true that most parents think it is a good idea and usually jump at the chance of doing something to keep their baby healthy and possibly save their life. Yet it is still only a small percentage of parents who actually final do bank their baby’s cord blood. Why is that?

The high cost of umbilical cord blood banking is probably the number one reason. This is true when it comes to even those parents who can afford it. They consider how unlikely it is that they would ever need to use that banked cord blood and decide that the money will be spent on something else for the child a trust account for education or something else they consider important.

Some very informed authorities on the subject have concluded that private storage of umbilical cord blood as a kind of insurance against the vagaries of biology is not necessarily a wise decision. Numbered among those authorities on the subject who feel that way is the American Academy of Pediatrics.

That does not mean that the organization is against  cord blood banking . They do in fact encourage parents to donate their baby’s cord blood to public cord blood banks. This in the hope that this will provide  another source of stem cells for patients who have no matching donor in their own family, and cannot find an unrelated donor in bone marrow donor registries that is a  match and for whom time is a critical element.

Public cord blood banks often provide a source of cord blood for parents who actually stored their baby’s cord blood in a private bank, when they find that they are not able to use it. This is not uncommon since often when a child’s need for a transplant arises the blood cord cells are  ruled out for fear they,the blood cells sored from the sick baby may be corrupted. Fortunately they can take advantage of the generosity and forethought of parents who  have engaged in donating umbilical cord blood.

If you are interested in donating your baby’s cord blood to a public cord blood bank, talk to your doctor to see if there is one available in your area. It is unfortunate that,the umbilical cord blood banks that allow you to donate cord blood aren’t yet abundant. There is hope that new pending congressional legislation will redefine a national cord blood program and hopefully will remedy this.

For more info on where public cord blood donation can be made see National Blood Donor Program   A good source of a parents guide to cord blood.

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A bone marrow or cord blood transplant may be a treatment option for your disease. Bone marrow or cord blood transplants can be used to treat patients with life-threatening blood, immune system or genetic disorders.This type of transplant may also be a treatment option for certain genetic and immune system  disorders. The diseases listed below are those that may be treated by a bone marrow or cord blood transplant. The list includes diagnoses for which transplant is a standard treatment as well as diagnoses for which the role of transplant is a newer option. Diseases which treatable with use of transplanting of umbilical cord stem cells include:
 

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Leukemias and lymphomas, including:

1. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
2. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
3. Chronicmyelogenous leukemia

1. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
2. Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
3. Hodgkin’s lymphoma
4. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Leukemia cells. When diagnosed the patient is likely to be advantaged by cord blood transplant.

Multiple myeloma and other plasma cell disorders

Severe aplastic anemia and other marrow failure states, including:

1. Severe aplastic anemia
2. Fanconi anemia
3. Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)
4. Pure red cell aplasia
5. Amegakaryocytosis / congenital thrombocytopenia

SCID and other inherited immune system disorders, including:

1. Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID, all sub-types)
2. Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

Hemoglobinopathies, including:

1. Beta thalassemia major
2. Sickle cell disease

Hurler’s syndrome and other inherited metabolic disorders, including:

1. Hurler’s syndrome (MPS-IH)
2. Adrenoleukodystrophy
3. Metachromatic leukodystrophy

Myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative disorders, including:

1. Refractory anemia (all types)
2. Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
3. Agnogenic myeloid metaplasia (myelofibrosis)
4. Familial erythrophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and other histiocytic disorders

The cells used in cord blood transplants come in just a few varieties.

A  cord blood transplant or bone marrow transplant will replace your unhealthy blood-forming cells. The desired outcome is for the replacement cells in this process of engraftment to become vibrant and  healthy ones. The life saving cells that used in transplants can come from one of the three following sources:

• Peripheral or circulating blood this is also called known as peripheral blood stem cell transplant
• Blood collected from an umbilical cord or mother’s placenta after a baby is born
• bone marrow

When you need a transplant, your transplant surgeon based on a variety of factors will choose the source of cells that he deems  is best for you.

Your physician  also decides whether to use your own blood-forming cells or cells collected from someone else. This choice depends largely on your disease and some other important health factors.

Blood lab tecnicians play an important role in the world of umbilical cord blood collection and testing for transplants.

• A cord blood stem cell transplant using your own cells is known as an autologous transplant. In the case of an autologous transplant, the cells will be collected from your bloodstream or, occasionally from your marrow and stored for your transplant.
• A cell transplant using cells from one of your family members, unrelated donor or cord blood unit is known as an allogeneic transplant.
• A cord blood stem cell transplant using cells from an identical twin is known as a syngeneic transplant.

If you  have no donor in your family, the physician has the option to search the National Marrow Donor Program Registry, a vitally important cord blood program this provides access to in excess of fourteen million volunteer donors on the global donor listing. This includes more than seven million volunteer donors and nearly one hundred thousand cord blood units on the marrow donor registry it also includes donors who available through previous agreements with internationally cooperating registries.

Time varies in this process and  it will take as little as just a few weeks to a few months or even more to find a donor or cord blood unit that is suited to the purpose. Unfortunately, not everyone will find a suitable match. If your physician is unable to find a suitable donor or cord blood unit for you, he or she will then turn to other treatment options. A haploidentical donor is among those options this means using a partly matched family member.

In the instance where the patient needs an allogeneic transplant, the doctor will seek a donor or cord blood unit that matches your HLA tissue type. This is based on human leukocyte antigen, a marker your immune system uses to recognize the cells belong in your body and which it believes are foreign.The human leukocyte antigen tissue types are inherited, This is what accounts for the fact that your best chance of finding a match is with a brother or sister. However, seven out of ten of patients tested do not have a suitable donor in their family.