Read on to know the importance of cord blood banking, clear all doubts and understand it's importance.

1. WE
WANT
YOU TO
KNOW
THIS!

2. CORD BLOOD BANKING
IS IMPORTANT
FOR YOU!

3. STILL SKEPTICAL!?

4. DON’T BE!

5. During pregnancy, the umbilical
cord functions as a lifeline between mother
and child. Cord blood, also called
“placental blood”, is blood that remains in
the umbilical cord and placenta following
the birth of a baby.

6. UMBILICAL CORD

7. HOW DO THEY
COLLECT THE
CORD BLOOD?

8. After the baby is born, the umbilical
cord will be clamped and within
minutes, the caregiver will drain the
cord blood into a sterile bag. This
procedure is painless and risk-free.
It takes about 3 minutes and does
not alter the birthing process in any
way.

9. HOW DO THEY
STORE IT?

10. The Cord Blood is processed,
decontaminated, added with
cryoprotectant solution. The
cord lining segments are frozen
gradually in the controlled-rate
freezer and finally the cryovials
are transferred into a MVE anti-
contamination vapor-phase
liquid nitrogen storage system
for long term cryopreservation
at -190°C.

11. WHAT ARE THE
BENEFITS OF
CORD BLOOD
BANKING?

12. 1. 1 in 217 individuals may need a hematopoietic stem cells
(HSCs) transplant by the age of 70 according to a scientific
paper published in 2008.
2. It is once-in-a-lifetime chance to collect cord blood – a readily
available source when needed in the future.
3. 60% higher chance of locating a matching cord blood unit in the
family versus bone marrow.
4. Research showed that patients have a lower chance of
complications in transplants when they receive stem cells from a
relative.
5. Some of the most common cancers are treatable with a stem
cell transplant. For instance, lymphoma and leukemia are two of
the top 10 common cancers for adults and among the top 5
most common childhood cancers in India.

13. SO,
IT’S PRETTY BENEFICIAL
FOR YOU!