Cord blood and umbilical cord have advantage over bone marrow in terms of availability, collection, rejection and side effect. Collecting bone marrow needs at least 4-6 months for preparation, other factors like rejection possibility would also need to be considered after transplantation.
With the rapid advancement of medical development, cord blood and umbilical cord could be able to treat up to 113 diseases. There are also over 35,000 cord blood transplants worldwide. To get every expectant parent to be well informed with the cord blood and umbilical cord treatment, HealthBaby would update worldwide transplantation information regularly.
Clinical studies of cord blood and umbilical cord are surging by year, including auto-immune diseases, cardiovascular, neurologic disorder, orthopedic, gene therapy for inherited disorders and the 6 miscellaneous types. To get every expectant parent to be well informed with the cord blood and umbilical cord treatment, HealthBaby would update worldwide transplantation information regularly.