After birth, cord tissue is safely collected from the umbilical cord after it’s clamped and cut. It’s quick, painless, and poses no risk to mother or baby.
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Cord tissue, which essentially refers to the connective tissue of the umbilical cord (rather than the cord blood within it), is an easily accessible source of stem cells after a baby is born.
After birth, cord tissue is usually thrown away with the placenta. Stem cells from the baby's cord tissue can be stored by expecting parents who want to expand their baby's future medical care options. Here, we'll look at the process of cord tissue collection and preservation in a bank after childbirth.
Genetically, MSCs derived from umbilical cord tissue are specific to the baby and family. Although MSCs are present in cord blood as well, they are most abundant in Wharton's jelly. These cells can develop into a wide range of cell types, such as muscle, cartilage, and bone cells.
In regenerative medicine, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are currently the most effective therapeutic cells for inflammatory, vascular, muscular, and osteoarticular disorders.
More than 50 clinical trials are being conducted to investigate the potential of cord tissue to treat conditions like hearing loss, eczema, type 1 diabetes, autism, cerebral palsy, and asthma.
Most parents are unfamiliar with banking their baby's cord tissue. Although the process may appear complex at first, it is actually quite simple for the parents. Here are the five processes that make up the banking process:
Enrollment
Collection
As required by federal rules, maternal blood samples are obtained before delivery in order to be checked for specific infectious diseases.
The healthcare provider draws cord blood from the baby's umbilical cord as soon as possible after birth, but before the placenta is delivered. The cord tissue is taken after the placenta is delivered. Since the cord is clamped and cut before the blood is extracted, neither the mother nor the child experience any pain or harm during the collection procedure.
Transportation
Testing and Processing
The cord blood and tissue are typically examined, processed, and cryogenically preserved 36 to 48 hours after collection. Infectious disease and microbial contamination testing is done on maternal blood and cord tissue. Specialized laboratory technologists then process the cord blood to optimize stem cell recovery.
Preservation
The cord blood unit has been processed and is now ready for cryopreservation. Cryo-bags with a 25 ml capacity are used to wrap and seal them before being frozen and moved to cryo-vessels. The cells are kept in stainless steel cryo chambers in vapor-phase liquid nitrogen when frozen at -196°C.
Bottom line
The term "cord tissue" describes the connective tissue and "Wharton's jelly" that envelop the umbilical cord's blood vessels, the main source of cord tissue. are the type of umbilical cord stem cells that are seen in large amounts in the tissue.
Enrollment requires a few basic details. There is no risk involved in enrolling; no fees will apply until the cord tissue has been received, processed, and cryopreserved. To avoid any expenses, the collection kit should be sent back to immediately if the family later decides not to store.
The should be contacted within two hours of delivery to schedule a medical courier to pick up the collection kit. This call can be made at any moment, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The parents are advised to hold onto the collection kit until the medical courier arrives at their hospital location.
Now that you understand how your baby's cord tissue is collected and stored, it's time to consider banking it. Cryoviva Life Sciences has created a seamless procedure to make cord tissue banking worry-free, easy, and simple. We provide combined banking choices in addition to cord blood and cord tissue banking. If you have any queries concerning the stem cell banking procedure, our team of experts may help you in selecting the best choice for your family's requirements. To make readily available to more families, we provide competitive pricing and reasonably priced packages.
