Stem Cell Banking

Giving birth a to a new life is one of many wonders of nature. Giving their baby the best care, is all the parents ever wish for. They desire to give the baby, the best upbringing and raise it with great values and ethics. Parents start teaching their kids all about these ethics from the very beginning. Studies show, that parents can start these teaching values to their babies, right from the moment they are conceived. Garbha Sanskaar is one such study of teaching a lot of things to the baby, when inside the womb. This is an ancient method of giving the baby, values of the parents by talking to them, and telling them stories. The studies support this theory, which states that a baby starts learning from the moment it is conceived, and undergoes behavioural development and this can be influenced by controlling the state of mind of the mother. This practice of influencing the mind of the baby while in the womb is called Garbha Sanskaar, which if tracked, takes us back to the vedic era...

AABB was formed in 1947 as American Association of Blood Banks, as an international non-profit organization for blood banking and transfusion services. Currently known as just AABB, it is based in America and is associated with 80 other countries. The purpose of AABB is to improvise blood banking services, which involve the collection, testing, storage, labelling, maintenance of record, spreading awareness about Stem Cells   and their banking through accreditation and education programmes and development in the field of immunohematology, which is regulated by Food and Drug Administration of US. Now, stem cells are those undifferentiated mother cells, which can develop into multiple forms and can regenerate indefinitely. These are collected from various sources like embryos, placenta, umbilical cord, bone marrow, teeth, blood cells etc. These cells have the potential to cure various diseases, and the process of curing diseases using stem cells is termed   ​ stem ce...

The transparent outer layer of the eye deceives all with its clear and smooth structure. What is generally not known, is the ability of the Cornea to protect the rest of the eye from the dust and debris of the outer world, and also refine vision. Structure of the Cornea: A cornea is formed of an amalgamation of 5 layers: Corneal epithelium : It is the outermost layer of the cornea and keeps it moist. Bowman’s layer : It is a dense layer that prevents abrasions from affecting the stroma. Corneal stroma : It is the middle layer of the cornea and contributes to its cleanliness. Descemet’s membrane : It separates stroma from the underlying endothelium. It gradually thickens throughout life. Endothelium : It lies to the extreme interior. Although, the cornea is immune to minor abrasions, vehement damage from lacerations, burns and deep abrasions may result in Corneal scarring. Symptoms of Corneal scarring: ●        Blurred...

Who knew that the umbilical cord blood which was once shrugged off as trash could hold life-saving stem cells? Stem cells follow the same analogy in multicellular organisms as seeds do in plants. They are undifferentiated biological cells that form the building blocks for different types of cells and have the ability to produce more of the same type of cells. The ability of these cells to treat around 70 blood-related and genetic disorders has earned it a coveted reputation lately in the biological world. Scientists have devised methods for stem cell preservation to last a lifetime. Scientific evidence otherwise suggests that they can be stored for up to   24 years . Why preserve stem cells? Young cells with regeneration ability : The stem cells from the umbilical cord are juvenile and raw in their exposure to the outside environment, hence the process of baby stem cell preservation is very important. They can differentiate and regenerate into different t...

Despite advances in medicines, cancer remains one of the most frightening diagnosis patients can receive. What makes it so difficult to cure, is that it is not just one illness, but a family of more than one hundred diseases occurring through various part of the body. One type of cancer has the unfortunate distinction of afflicting children more than any other type. It is leukaemia, the cancer that begins in the stem cells found in the bone marrow. What are stem cells? Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that have the remarkable potential to develop into specialized cell types in the body during early life and growth. In simple terms, unlike other cells in our body, a stem cell is like an infant, underdeveloped but has great potential. They either divide and increase their numbers or they specialize and become cells of organs like the brain, kidney, liver, etc. Stem cell transplant for leukaemia treatment is one of the major gifts of stem cells. Causes of l...

Stem cells have proved to be a revolutionary development in the field of medical science. These stem cells, which are the building blocks of our body, possess regenerative and repairing characteristics. These stem cells have the potential to repair and cure diseases, injuries and dysfunctions. This regenerating process involves exchanging the damaged and beyond repair cells of a specific damaged organ of the body by transplanting stem cells, which multiply themselves to create more reparative stem cells. This process of transplantation of stem cells is termed as stem cell therapy. This process is very efficient and accurate. Researchers have further acknowledged its abilities to cure cancer. Stem cell therapy for cancer healing has been found to give impressive results. Transplantation of stem cells restore the damaged stem cells of the body that are destroyed by chemotherapy and other processes that are used for curing of cancer.  Normally, cancer stem cell transplants...