Placental stem cells: Pros and Cons

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Placental Stem Cells Pros and Cons
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Objective

• Diseases and bodily discomforts are a part of
  life! And whilst the medical world has been
  dedicating itself to find cures for several
  diseases, so that we humans can survive and
  thrive still there exists several ailments that
  cant be reversed back to normalcy. 
• The obvious predicament is either death or a
  lifetime of restricted movement, ongoing costly
  treatment or a vegetable state of existence. 
  This is true for diseases like cancer, brain
  injury, autism and many other immunological
  disorders.

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 Placenta Cord Storage

• when couples consider family planning, their
  auto-response is to say yes to placenta cord
  storage! The blood that is sourced from the
  placenta has several therapeutic and remedial
  properties. 
• Though there are few couples who are still on two
  minds with this idea, but today cord blood stem
  cell storage has become popular. To have an
  in-depth and holistic idea about the entire cord
  blood stem cell storage.

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Pros Cord Blood Stem Cell Storage 

• Stem cell cord blood can save your childs life
• One of the primary reasons for parents to store
  their babys placenta cord blood is that they are
  able to save their life! The blood can be kept
  frozen and store for an indefinite amount of
  time. However, the stem cell surgery gets done
  usually till the young adulthood age.
  Irrespective of your babys disease that needs a
  bone marrow transplant, the cord blood can also
  save his/her life.

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Pros Cord Blood Stem Cell Storage 

• Cord blood helps to save a family members life
• Placenta cord blood also helps to save the life
  of a very close family member as well. In certain
  situations, there are families that have other
  children, who for some chronic ailment require a
  cord blood stem cell transplant to save their
  childrens life.  Whilst this might not be
  ethical to few, it might also be the only choice
  in certain situations

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Pros Cord Blood Stem Cell Storage 

• It is usually accepted by the recipients body
• The stem cell from an infants own placenta cord
  blood is perfect for the body to accept. This
  indicates that for the child it is less likely to
  opt in for several transplants for this method to
  work successfully.

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Pros Cord Blood Stem Cell Storage 

• The stem cells might get developed into various
  kinds of cells
• The stem cells have the chance to get developed
  in multiple kinds of cells. This denotes that the
  placenta cord blood cells might get used to treat
  a wide range of health disorders and ailments.

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Cons Cord Blood Stem Cell Storage 

• You should be prepared for it
• If you are opting in for placenta cord blood
  storage you should decide on this early during
  your pregnancy. Owing to the process that is not
  routine, you should ensure that you have it all
  that is required beforehand and select a hospital
  that understands the process.

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Cons Cord Blood Stem Cell Storage 

• The process can be a tad bit costly
• Placenta cord blood storage can be expensive.
  Based on the storage bank that you select to
  store the placenta cord blood, the cost of the
  storage will depend. Other than the enrolment
  expense, you will also need to pay off the
  maintenance fee as well.

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References

• https//www.cordlifeindia.com/blog/placental-stem-
  cells-pros-cons/
• https//explorable.com/stem-cell-pros-and-cons