Birth. The magic of creation. In a single moment, the world changes, and we have no idea how much. A new path is opened for us as individuals and a family, and the responsibility … so much responsibility has been added. The number of decisions we must make during the pregnancy is enormous, but they were just a promo.
Thanks to advanced medicine and research, we have been given the right to use another gift we received from nature that is no longer transparent to us - umbilical cord blood.
Only during the first few minutes of the birth process does the possibility present itself to collect the blood that remains in the umbilical cord after the fetus emerges into the world. It is the gold of human biology - stem cells that have not yet been sorted and can be sorted for every cell - they can heal the body from various diseases and improve various birth defects.
Things once thought untreatable, curable, or unapproachable - are much more accessible today, even though there is still much to be discovered. Various studies in Israel and worldwide show what can be healed through these measures.
The collected cord blood undergoes stringent clinical testing to verify that the unit has been properly preserved for use, if necessary.
Who can use the cord blood that was collected?
The cord blood is compatible, of course, with the infant from whom it was collected. But not only him or her. Additional family members (depending upon the level of genetic compatibility) can also be compatible to use it, if necessary. The decision when to use the cord blood and from whom - is at the doctors' discretion. There are additional factors to examine according to the case in question.
A cord blood donation can also be used when there is genetic compatibility.
Naturally, in recent years the process of saving cord blood has come to be considered a biological insurance policy.
Until today over 40,000 treatments have been conducted with cord blood. Many have proven themselves viable and successful.
