Exploring possibilities for medical breakthroughs
As breakthrough medicine using cord blood has become everyday practice, researchers continue to investigate groundbreaking therapies using a child's own stem cells. This means stem cell medicine is rapidly changing. What didn't seem possible 10 years ago is common treatment today.
The tissue of the umbilical cord contains a type of stem cell called mesenchymal cell that can form bone, cartilage, and tendon.36 Cord blood and cord tissue are rich sources of different types of newborn stem cells, so they may help repair the body in different ways.
Mesenchymal stem cells from cord tissue have unique properties that make them potentially valuable. In clinical trials, they're being studied as possible treatment for spinal cord injuries, brain trauma from stroke, and cartilage damage. While research using cord tissue is at an early stage and medical treatments are not available today and may never be developed, the future holds many possibilities.
Cord tissue stem cells are currently being evaluated in clinical trials37 as therapies for:
- Heart disease
- Stroke
- Serious wounds
- Spinal cord injury
- Cartilage injury
- Liver disease
- Diabetes
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Click here to learn more about current research.
Leading the Way in Cord Tissue Banking
CBR was the first bank to offer families in the U.S. the unique opportunity to save newborn cells from cord tissue. We save the cord whole, providing your family the full range of cells for potential future uses. Although there are no therapies using cord tissue today, saving both sources of stems cells—cord blood AND cord tissue—can give even more peace of mind for your family's future.
Expertise You Can Trust
Cord tissue collection is safe for both mother and baby and can be done after vaginal or C-section births. After your baby's umbilical cord has been clamped and cut, and after cord blood collection, your doctor or midwife will collect a 4- to 8-inch segment of the umbilical cord and place it in the CBR CordCup® container. The cord tissue is stored in CBR's cryogenic storage tanks for long-term preservation. Because the cord tissue is stored whole, it can be processed in the future to extract the cells necessary using the best technology available at that time. If you do not save your baby's cord tissue, it is discarded as medical waste.
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