Recently it has been discovered that the stem cells have the power to regenerate. Moreover, it is rich in white blood cells. The stem cells can repair the dead and dying cells in the body. The undifferentiated cells, which can differentiate into specialized cell types, are called stem cells. Stem cells can be broadly divided into two parts, embryo stem cells and adult stem cells. Further, there are majorly three types of stem cells; they are Hematopoietic stem cells, Mesenchymal stem cells and endothelial stem cells.

All multi cellular organisms have Stem cells. The various sources of stem cells are umbilical cord blood, Bone marrow and many more. The umbilical cord blood has blood rich in stem cells. The stem cells can repair the dying or the dead cells. Many researchers are of the opinion that stem cell treatments will change the face of human disease and alleviate suffering very soon. Stem cells have the ability to self-renew and give rise to subsequent generations with variable degrees of differentiation capacities.

The blood from the umbilical cord is collected within 10 minutes from the birth. Parent need to inform the health center about donating the umbilical cord blood cell within 34th week of the pregnancy. Once the blood is collected, it is tested and then preserved. The method of collecting the umbilical cord blood is absolutely painless. The blood may be used for public or private use. If the blood is donated, it is then preserved in the private bank. However if the blood is preserved for personal use it is then preserved in the private bank. This Cord Blood Stem Cell can save lives affected with Parkinson’s diseases, Schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s diseases, Cancer, Spinal Cord injury, diabetes and many more. The stem cells can repair the damaged tissues which forms the part of the vascular endothelial cells, which again forms the inner lining of the blood vessels. The blood containing high percentage of stem cell is rich in white blood cells and thus it helps in bone marrow transplantation.

The umbilical cord is commonly known as the birth cord or the funiculus umbilicalis, which connects the developing embryo to the placenta. This special cord supplies oxygen, nutrient rich blood to the fetus from the placenta. It is generally 50 cms long and 2 cms in diameter. The blood in the umbilical cord is rich in stem cells. The importance of stem cells is that it can regenerate the white blood cells. Hence, this blood is very useful for several diseases. Mainly it is used bone marrow transplantation as the blood in the umbilical cord is rich in white blood cells and it renews the cell.

The only problem with the umbilical cord blood is that few ethical groups have raised few questions as it involves destruction of human embryos. Though there are different other source of blood which is rich in Stem Cells. Even the menstrual blood is rich in Stem Cells.