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CBR Cord Blood Research: Recent Advances\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

CBR Cord Blood (Cord Blood Registry) is a private company<\/a> that provides the facilities for cord blood banking<\/a> and also supports research in this area. This is not a review of CBR Cord Blood: the review <\/a>for CBR Cord Blood is in this article following this link<\/a> and the comparison with other cord blood banking institutions<\/a> is instead, here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Usage of cord blood to treat various disease conditions<\/a> is expanding at a fast pace; there is continuous research going on in the area, with each year many newer uses reported. Investing in cord blood storage<\/a> is an investment in the future. It is expected that soon these potent cells would be able to heal any disease and trauma. It now seems entirely practicable that humans would be able to grow and repair most organs.<\/p>\n

For a review <\/a>of\u00a0CBR Cord Blood we have this article<\/a>. Here, instead, this article is related to the CBR Cord Blood research activities, and we respond to some comments in the forum area about research performed by\u00a0CBR Cord Blood apart from the ones in the review<\/a>. Some of the following activities are also done by other banks included in our cord blood banking reviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What Does CBR Cord Blood Do?<\/strong><\/h1>\n

It is primarily a cord blood bank, an organization that is responsible for pre-processing of cord blood<\/a>, and then safely storing it for long-term usage. Choosing a right organization for cord blood is vital<\/a>, as neither the storing of cord blood is that simple as it may sound, nor its expansion for clinical use. Saving the cord blood will be of no use if a person learns at a later date (maybe after a decade or two) that the stored cells are not viable or expandable.<\/p>\n

CBR Cord Blood Research Specialities<\/strong><\/h2>\n

No doubt that cord blood is not stored for the red blood cells, instead, for some very special cells that can work as seed cells for just any other type of body cells. Cord blood is stored for these primitive cells<\/a> with amazing capabilities. Researchers are still discovering newer and more interesting cell types in the cord blood<\/a>, which only further underlines its value in medicine. CBR Cord Blood is funding many of these research activities.<\/p>\n

At present, two cell types are well recognized in the cord blood (there are studies done by CBR Cord Blood). They are hematopoietic stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells. Hematopoietic stem cells were first identified in the bone marrow, and thus they are also called bone marrow cells, while mesenchymal cells were identified much later and therefore are often called \u201cother bone marrow cells.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since these fantastic stem cells with the ability to differentiate into various other cells were first identified in the bone marrow, thus the bone marrow transplant at the end of the 1960s could be regarded as the beginning of cell therapy. Though researchers still have to wait for few decades, when they could identify other, safer, non-invasive sources of stem cell. With time they learned to multiply them in lab conditions and even discovered various compounds that could stimulate their growth into one or another type of body tissues. Research into the stem cell therapy, activity performed by\u00a0CBR Cord Blood, is regarded as one of the most perspective branches of medicine that promise to revolutionize the way we treat diseases in coming decades.<\/p>\n

CBR CORD BLOOD IS A CORD BLOOD BANK THAT PROMOTES RESEARCH AND ONE OF THE OLDEST IN THE UNITED STATES.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CBR Cord Blood Research: What Are The Hematopoietic Cells?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

These cell types are in abundance in bone marrow and cord blood, thus no surprise that they have been well researched. \u00a0These cells can give rise to just any kind of blood cells through the process known as hematopoiesis. In bone marrow, these cells produce more than 500 billion various blood cells a day. Thus if anything goes wrong with the bone marrow, there is severe anemia, fall in immunity and so on. Hematopoietic cells are typically used to treat various diseases of the blood and immune system. They are also used to treat different types of cancers (especially blood cancers) and here also we see that for\u00a0CBR Cord Blood is a field of investigation.<\/p>\n

CBR Cord Blood Research:\u00a0<\/strong>What Are Mesenchymal Cells?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

These so-called another type of bone marrow cells were discovered later, and are now subject to even more research in comparison to hematopoietic cells. These cells can easily divide and mature into adipocytes (fat cells), chondrocytes (cartilage), and osteocytes (bone cells).\u00a0 These type of cells have received lots of attention these days, as it has been discovered that they can differentiate into even more kind of tissues. Thus in recent times, it has been found that they may also be used to grow or regrow skeletal muscles, heart muscles, blood vessels, liver cells, and even brain cell. Thus they have much broader applications.<\/p>\n

It must be noted that cord blood has many other types of cells and not just the two kinds of cells mentioned above. There is still research going on the subject, as researchers try hard to understand the role of many other cell types in the cord blood. It is this progress the one that shows how important it is to store the cord blood. Researchers from CBR Cord Blood know very well that future of medicine lies in the cell therapy<\/a>. They are taking the things step further by discovering the ways to reprogram one cell type into another. Which only shows the limitless possibilities waiting for us in the future.<\/p>\n

CBR Cord Blood and the Applications of Stored Cord Blood<\/h1>\n

Cord blood is a small amount of blood that is collected from the umbilical cord<\/a> of a newborn. There is no need to worry about the procedure, as the blood is withdrawn only from the materials that are usually discarded and thrown away. The process does not require any procedure on the child and it only taked a few minutes except in the cases of nuchal cord complications<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, there is more involved in storage than mere collection and freezing. Firstly, the collection has to be done quickly, something for what CBR Cord Blood has a special cord blood kit<\/a>, and in the right environment. Secondly, the collected blood has to be preprocessed with the addition of specific reagents<\/a> to ensure that it neither coagulates nor it is damaged during the long-term freezing.<\/p>\n

Once frozen, these cells can remain valid for future use for decades together<\/a>. Whenever a person needs the cord blood in the disease condition, it is defrozen and expanded. The expansion is a very complicated process nowadays. Today\u2019s technology allows to multiply the collected cord cells; thus from the small amount of these cells, one can get cells in sufficient quantity for therapeutic use.<\/p>\n

Nowadays, cord blood stem cells are used to treat more than 100 diseases<\/a>, and this list is fast expanding, with 100s of clinical trials underway. How these cells are used to treat particular disease would depend on the medical condition. In some condition procedure may be as simple as expanding these cells in the lab, increasing their volume, and then injecting them into the patient. After injection, these cells would start the healing process, reinstate the immune system and so on. Other procedures are more complicated where cells are processed by using reagents; then they are grown into specific cell type and injected into the particular organ. Thus those injected into the portal vein may help to treat hepatitis or even diabetes. Cells injected into the joints may assist in regrowth of cartridge cells.<\/p>\n

In fact, use of cord blood cell in medicine is now a unique field called regenerative medicine, and as the name says, that this field not only tries to treat diseases but it also tries to regenerate organs lost to disease or even aging. Thus it is entirely possible that in the near future we may be able to regrow even the parts of the brain. All this means that by storing the cord blood cell of your newborn, you are insuring your and your family\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

Currently, most of the treatments using cord blood<\/a> are in four directions:<\/p>\n