In a cord blood transplant, stems cells are composed from umbilical cord blood. Umbilical cord blood is the blood not there in the umbilical cord after a baby's birth. The cord blood can be frozen and kept until it's used in a cord blood transplant. Cord blood is a process of collecting potentially life-saving stem cells from the umbilical cord and placenta and storing them for forthcoming use. Stem cells are immature cells that can undertake the form of other cells
The purpose of Cord blood is, it encloses cells called hematopoietic stem cells. These cells can crack into any kind of blood cell and can be used for transplants that can cure diseases such as blood disorders, immune deficiencies, metabolic diseases, and some kinds of cancers.
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