Think “stem cell banking” and what comes to your mind? Now, before you start looking up on the search engine, let’s help you out. Stem cells are the body’s building blocks from which other cells with specialized functions are born. They have the ability to regenerate into different types of specialized cells like brain cells, muscle cells, blood, etc, and are, therefore, used to treat various diseases, including blood cancers. One of the richest sources of these precious stem cells is umbilical cord blood.
The umbilical cord connects the fetus to the mother during pregnancy and is clamped and cut immediately after delivery. At this point, the cord blood containing precious stem cells is drawn in a sample collection bag through a painless process. However, do you know what happens after the sample is collected and reaches the lab? What is cord blood processing and the technology
