What are stem cells?

*Unique in medicine*

Millions of cells are involved in the creation and functioning of our body. All of them have their function and role, ie. they specialize in the functioning of a certain part of the organism. This is how stem cells differ from other cells in the body. They are non-specialized and can be transformed into any other type of cells in the body that are destroyed during the aging process, diseases, injuries and the like. They are the source of all the cells of the body, and this ability to regenerate damaged tissues makes them unique in medicine.

*Mild from umbilical cord blood*

The body of a newborn is rich in valuable, potent, vital stem cells. For nine months, they planned and built the body of a new human being. And later in life, they help maintain the mechanism of regeneration of the organism. At the time of birth, many of these precious cells are in the blood of the umbilical cord, which the doctor holds in his hands after the cut.

As the owner of your own stem cell depot, your child could benefit from advances in stem cell medicine and, if necessary, get compatible, consistently young and potent stem cells immediately.

This is just one example, which shows how carefully and responsibly we treat your child's precious umbilical cord blood. With the help of a comprehensive system, we make sure that your child has an applicable umbilical cord blood preparation available after a few decades, if necessary.

STEM CELLS

Stem cells are non-specialized. They can be transformed into different types of cells in the body.

In the blood of the umbilical cord are:

HSC - Hematopoietic stem cells

MSC - Mesenchymal stem cells

VSEL - Embryonic-like stem cells

USSC - Unlimited somatic cells

Characteristics of umbilical cord blood stem cells:

-self-renewing,

-young,

-smart,

-powerful,

-unique.

What does my child get out of it if we save umbilical cord blood?

Umbilical cord blood offers you and your baby a new precaution. Therapy for the treatment of typical diseases that come with age, such as heart attack, stroke, atherosclerosis or diabetes, is currently being studied. If you save blood from your child's umbilical cord, you will know that the stem cells will be there when he needs them and that you will provide him with one open treatment option - regardless of age.

Can stem cells also benefit parents and siblings?

In principle, yes. It is crucial that the characteristics of the tissue match. A similar case is with organ donation. Only if the characteristics of the donor and recipient tissues match, there will be no dangerous graft rejection reaction after transplantation. The probability that the blood from the umbilical cord will suit the parents is 50%. There is definitely a better chance of using the sample with a sibling. There is a probability of compatibility of up to 80%.

Have umbilical cord blood stem cells already been used?

Yes, a thousand times. In Japan and the United States, which are leaders in this field, umbilical cord blood is used even more often today than bone marrow. For example, cancers, metabolic diseases, and brain injuries are treated.

Why would your own stem cells be the first choice?

The body can optimally accept its own stem cells, as well as new cells obtained from them. Foreign stem cells have different characteristics and therefore always cause a graft rejection reaction. As long as the therapy allows it, one's own stem cells are always preferred. The exception is the use in the treatment of leukemia. A compatible stem cell sample from a family donor is preferred here, as this is the greatest chance for matching tissue characteristics. Along with the stem cells, the donor's healthy immune system is transmitted to the patient. The new immune defense system attacks and destroys even the individual diseased cells that remain.

What can umbilical cord blood do that the bone marrow can't?

The success of the treatment definitely depends on the age of the stem cells. The younger they are, the more stem cells they can. New research even shows that diseases that come with age, say, atherosclerosis, only manifest when the stem cells of an affected patient become too old to repair the damage on their own. For this reason, bone marrow donors can only be people between the ages of 25 and 45.

Is taking blood from the umbilical cord complicated?

No, quite the opposite. It is the simple and meaningless method of obtaining blood from the umbilical cord that makes it such an interesting source of stem cells. When your baby is born and the umbilical cord is cut, blood is taken from the umbilical cord that is still connected to the placenta. Mother and child do not feel any of that.

Will a sample of umbilical cord blood stem cells be sufficient for treatment when the child grows up?

In general, adults can also be treated with umbilical cord blood. In adult patients, every third transplant succeeds. After taking blood from the umbilical cord, the number of cells in the sample is determined in detail. But, even in the case when this number is not optimal for an adult, there is a good chance for successful treatment, because new methods enable the proliferation of stem cells. At the moment, these methods are still not applied to people, however, when your child grows up, it will already be a routine.

Umbilical cord blood stem cells - "neonatal" are often called precursors of adult stem cells. Only in the blood of the umbilical cord are there these stem cells that have not yet undergone the aging process as stem cells from the bone marrow, and thus have a much greater ability to create various human tissues.

This method of treatment is widely used in the world ... I can treat 85 diseases, among which are:

- Cerebral palsy

-Autism

-Eye diseases

- Heart disease

-Myocardial infarction

-Cystic fibrosis

- Diabetes

- Metabolic disorders

-Blood diseases (leukemia, myelodysplastic syndromes, lymphomas, Hereditary abnormalities of red blood cells, Anemia, Hereditary platelet abnormalities, Myoproliferative disorders)

-Lymph diseases

-Bone injuries and diseases

-Immune system disorders