STEM CELL CORD BLOOD

Umbilical Stem Cell Cord Blood Research

What Is Stem Cell Cord Blood?

"Stem Cell Cord Blood" refers to the umbilical cord blood found after child birth in the placenta yet still attached to the umbilical cord. Stem cell cord blood is stored by stem cell storage banks primarily for umbilical cord blood stem cell research which can be used to treat many forms of cancer causing genetic diseases that kill millions of humans every year.

Stem cell cord blood is extracted by syringing out the placenta umbilical cord during birth just before the cord blood stem cell has been cut from the baby. These baby umbilical cord stem cells are perfect for advanced umbilical cord blood stem cell storage companies and especially for American President Obama Stem Cell Research policy guidelines of the stem cell industry.

Cord cells are collected and stored because they contain high concentration of natures most potent types of Baby stem cells that are necessary to stem cell rejuvenating cells. The problem with this process of Stem cell extractions that the Placenta cord blood does not produce enough stem cells for treatments or research in Adults.

 so the placenta is more valuable method of stem cell extraction mainly because it has 100 times more high quality baby stem cell storage than adult cord blood.

Obama Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research

U.S. President Obama formed the stem cell research council under the the Food and Drug Agency to supervise all aspects of stem cell cord blood research under the title of Human Cells, Tissues cells, and Cellular and Tissue Based Human Research Products or "FDA"

The U.S. Stem Cell Research Agency has developed a standard Code of Stem Cell conduct under Federal Regulations to provide guidelines for public and private stem cell cord blood banking companies banks.

Public and private cord blood storage banks are eligible for funding  with either the American Association of Blood Banks AABB or the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy.

Stem Cell Storage Companies and  baby stem cell banks can review the updated status of Stem Cell banks from U.S. government list of accredited cord blood banks or the FACT search engine of accredited cord blood banks.

 Europe, Asia and Canada are also working together to develop new stem cell laws pertaining to umbilical cord blood stem cell research and stem cell storage companies.

EMBRIONC STEM CELLS

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Embryonic Stem Cells

1. Stages of development generating embryonic stem cells.
Stem cells, are derived from embryos. Most embryonic stem cells are derived from embryos that develop from eggs that have been fertilized in vitro fertilization clinic and then donated for research purposes with informed consent of the donors. They are not derived from eggs fertilized in a woman's body.

2.Growing Embryonic Stem Cells

Growing cells in the laboratory is known as cell culture. Human embryonic stem cells  are generated by transferring cells from a embryo into a plastic laboratory culture dish that contains a nutrient broth known as culture medium. The cells divide and spread over the surface of the dish. The inner surface of the culture dish is typically coated with mouse embryonic skin cells that have been treated so they will not divide. This coating layer of cells is called a feeder layer. The mouse cells in the bottom of the culture dish provide the cells a sticky surface to which they can attach. Feeder cells release nutrients into the culture medium. Researchers have devised ways to grow embryonic stem cells without mouse feeder cells. This is a significant scientific advance because of the risk that viruses or other macromolecules in the mouse cells may be transmitted to the human cells.

The process of generating an embryonic stem cell line is somewhat inefficient, so lines are not produced each time cells from the  embryo are placed into a culture dish. However, if the plated cells survive, divide and multiply enough to crowd the dish, they are removed gently and plated into several fresh culture dishes. The process of re-plating  the cells is repeated many times and for many months. Each cycle of  the cells is referred to as a passage. Once the cell line is established, the original cells yield millions of embryonic stem cells. Embryonic stem cells that have proliferated in cell culture for for a prolonged period of time without differentiating,  have not developed genetic abnormalities are referred to as an embryonic stem cell line. At any stage in the process, batches of cells can be frozen and shipped to other laboratories for further culture and experimentation.

3. Embryonic Stem Cells Tests
At various points during the process of generating embryonic stem cell lines, scientists test the cells to see whether they exhibit the fundamental properties that make them embryonic stem cells. This process is called characterization.

Scientists who study human embryonic stem cells have not yet agreed on a standard battery of tests that measure the cells' fundamental properties. However, laboratories that grow human embryonic stem cell lines use several kinds of tests, including:

    Growing and sub culturing the stem cells for many months. This ensures that the cells are capable of long-term growth and self-renewal. Scientists inspect the cultures through a microscope to see that the cells look healthy and remain undifferentiated.
    Using specific techniques to determine the presence of transcription factors that are typically produced by undifferentiated cells. Two of the most important transcription factors are Nanog and Oct4. Transcription factors help turn genes on and off at the right time, which is an important part of the processes of cell differentiation and embryonic development. In this case, both Oct 4 and Nanog are associated with maintaining the stem cells in an undifferentiated state, capable of self-renewal.
    Using specific techniques to determine the presence of paricular cell surface markers that are typically produced by undifferentiated cells.
    Examining the chromosomes under a microscope. This is a method to assess whether the chromosomes are damaged or if the number of chromosomes has changed. It does not detect genetic mutations in the cells.
    Determining whether the cells can be re-grown, or subcultures, after freezing, thawing, and re-plating.

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 4. Human Embryonic Stem Cells
1) allowing the cells to differentiate spontaneously in cell culture
2) manipulating the cells so they will differentiate to form cells characteristic of the three germ layers; or
 3) injecting the cells into a mouse with a suppressed immune system to test for the formation of a benign tumor called a teratoma. Since the mouse’s immune system is suppressed, the injected human stem cells are not rejected by the mouse immune system and scientists can observe growth and differentiation of the human stem cells. Teratomas typically contain a mixture of many differentiated or partly differentiated cell types—an indication that the embryonic stem cells are capable of differentiating into multiple cell types.

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