Cord Blood Bank

Cord Blood Bank

A cord blood bank is a facility which stores umbilical cord blood for future use. After initial screening and contracting, the families who are about to give birth to a child can decide to provide a sample of their infant’s cord blood, collected at birth by trained gynecologists or midwives, to be stored and maintained in tanks containing liquid nitrogen in compliance with the latest international methods and standards after quality tests, counting, and separation. Stem cells of umbilical cord blood can be used when the sampled individual, their siblings, or other individuals with a similar genetic structure (according to the human leukocyte antigen or HLA system) are afflicted with blood-borne malignant diseases (leukaemia, thalassemia, congenital anaemia, and immune deficiency), neurological diseases, spinal cord injuries, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, autism, type 1 diabetes, and other diseases.