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How is cord blood collected and stored?

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Collection of Cord Blood  

250 ml of cord blood is collected in 'anticoagulant containing collection bags'. 

In utero collection - Blood is collected when the placenta is still in-utero. Increased volume of blood is collected by this procedure. 

Ex-utero collection - After child birth, the utero detaches from the placenta and the cord blood collected from the placenta. 

The cord blood collected should be processed within 48 hours after collection 

Red cells are removed

Cord blood is stored in Liquid nitrogen freezer.


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Posted by:  pramodpuri  Posted on: 04/13/2011
By stem cells can liver fibrosis be treated ?



Posted by:  drzafrullah(Guest)  Posted on: 02/02/2010
Can private doctors start stem celll cord blood bank ? If yes, how and what are the rules and regulations?



Posted by:  hope.smarty(Guest)  Posted on: 06/30/2009
Liquid nitrogen is inert, colorless, odorless, non-corrosive, nonflammable, and extremely cold. It is stored and transported in steel Dewar vacuum flasks, gaseous nitrogen in the cramped kind - in balloons. PrincetonCryo.com offers the finest products, service, and customer support for liquid nitrogen storage systems.



Posted by:  corey(Guest)  Posted on: 12/09/2008
I think that you could not live without stem cells. if you loose some cells your stem cells can replace them so that you don't die.




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