Stem Cell Banking

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...

Stem cells found in the cord blood are believed to be the most adaptable stem cells as they are at their youngest stage. Stem cells are biological cells that can multiply to generate numerous cells of the same type and also differentiate into other cell types. Stem cells available in the cord blood is known to possess the capability to cure an array of health disorders (as many as 80 are identified to date). The stem cells found in cord blood of a child can be stored and preserved in a medical facility termed as Cord blood banking. A great care is taken to select and employ the most advanced methods and types of equipment at such publicly or privately owned medical facilities where stem cell preservation is done. Cryopreservation is one such advanced methods for storing and preserving the umbilical cord stem cells. Cryopreservation Cryopreservation can be described as the process of storing and preserving living cells, tissues, organs and any biological materials at an ext...