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Our online registration package makes it easy for expecting parents to make the necessary steps towards banking their child’s cord blood. Click here to download the PDF, which contains all of the forms you’ll need to fill out, as well as an in-depth fact sheet about cord blood banking.

Cord Blood Contains Stem Cells That May Be Used for the Repair of Joint Damage

Umbilical cord blood contains cells called Mesenchymal Stem Cells, that are capable of producing a variety of cell types, including muscle, bone and chondrocytes. Recently, a group of scientists in Brazil were able to produce Chondrocytes, the cells involved with cartilage production, using defined growth factors from Umbilical Cord Blood. This is important because the use of defined growth conditions will allow for the high yield production of a pure population of cells that will be suitable for clinical applications. For any regenerative medicine therapy, being able to use your own cells  has many advantages.

 
This study opens up the possibility that your banked UCB unit can be used to regenerate cartilage to repair future knee problems.
 
Source: Chondrogenesis from umbilical cord blood cells stimulated with BMP-2 and BMP-6.
de Mara CS, Duarte AS, Sartori-Cintra AR, Luzo AC, Saad ST, Coimbra IB.
Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Cartilage, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Medicine, State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, R. Vital Brasil, 50, Prédio FCM 08, Campus Universitário Barão Geraldo, Campinas, SP, Brazil, cristianesdm@uol.com.br.   PMID:22238025[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

 - Ian Rogers PhD
 

 

 

  Thu, 01/26/2012 - 08:51 - Admin