Por qué conservar el cordón umbilical
Written by:The blood of the umbilical cord contains stem cells that, to date, have been used as therapy for various pathologies.
In Spain more than 150,000 families until 2017 have benefited from these therapies using umbilical cord blood from their children.
Advantages of conserving umbilical cord stem cells
This therapy has the advantage, compared to other types of transplants, of not presenting rejection .
Stem cells have a great capacity for proliferation and differentiation towards different tissue lines, so they have an enormous potential to be used in different treatments.
Only this possibility is offered by collecting them at birth , it is a unique and unrepeatable occasion for the subject.
Applications of umbilical cord stem cells
Today these cells have been used mainly in pediatrics for spinal cord aplasias, high-risk solid tumors such as neuroblastoma, Edwing sarcoma, medulloblastoma and germinal tumors; also in some lymphomas. However, the potential in terms of its future use in other pathologies opens up a broad line of research currently underway.
When to decide this option
The decision to preserve these umbilical cord cells should be made during pregnancy so that the specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics will guide them and have this option planned at the time of delivery or cesarean section.
