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2. Cord blood bank - Wikipedia

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   A cord blood bank is a facility which stores umbilical cord blood for future use. Both private and public cord blood banks have developed in response to the potential for cord blood in treating diseases of the blood and immune systems. Public cord blood banks accept donations to be used for anyone in need, and as such function like public blood ...

3. Umbilical cord - Wikipedia

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   The use of cord blood stem cells in treating conditions such as brain injury [39] and Type 1 Diabetes [40] is already being studied in humans, and earlier stage research is being conducted for treatments of stroke, [41] [42] and hearing loss. [43] Cord blood stored with private banks is typically reserved for use of the donor child only.

4. Cord blood - Wikipedia

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   Cord blood is composed of all the elements found in whole blood – red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma, platelets. [6] Compared to whole blood some differences in the blood composition exist, for example, cord blood contains higher numbers of natural killer cells, lower absolute number of T-cells and a higher proportion of immature T-cells. [7]

5. Deferred umbilical cord clamping reduces premature baby death ...

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   Delaying the clamping allows blood to flow from the placenta to the baby while the baby’s lungs fill with air. ... Waiting at least two minutes before clamping the umbilical cord of a premature ...

6. National Marrow Donor Program - Wikipedia

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   In both cases, recovery is usually swift and donors typically have fully restored marrow and blood cell counts in under two weeks. Cord blood cells are obtained from the umbilical cord and placenta of a newborn baby after the cord is clamped and cut as in a normal delivery. The cord blood is then stored frozen in a bank until needed for a ...

7. Fetal circulation - Wikipedia

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   The fetal circulation is composed of the placenta, umbilical blood vessels encapsulated by the umbilical cord, heart and systemic blood vessels. A major difference between the fetal circulation and postnatal circulation is that the lungs are not used during the fetal stage resulting in the presence of shunts to move oxygenated blood and ...