Umbilical cord blood is usually thrown away in developing countries barring few exceptions where it is stored as a source for future stem cell. There is huge scarcity of blood and blood product in India and other developing countries. Therefore, use of umbilical cord blood for transfusion process can be of some potential help!
Hi, umbilical cord blood because of its rich mix of fetal and adult hemoglobin, plasma, and high platelet count has the potential to be a safe alternative to adult blood. Studies has been going on to serve as a substitute for adult blood. It can be used to treat many diseases.
Yes certainly, I am doing that .
On this topic we have publications & MD thesis
link are as fallows
1. Cord Blood is a geriatric medicine: A preliminary Observation
- November 2017
- DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.11543.88484
- Conference: Transmedcon 2017 At: LucknowAffiliation: G R Medical College , Gwalior
- 📷Dharmesh Chandra Sharma,📷Anita Arya2
2. Dharmesh Chandra Sharma*, Nidhi Agrawal, Jyoti Bindal, Poonam Woike, A. S. Tomar, Anita Arya. A Study of 120 Umbilical Cord Whole Blood Transfusions in 77 Patients with Different Clinical Conditions. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) Volume 16, Issue 4 Ver. IV (April. 2017), PP 05-12 DOI: 10.9790/0853-1604040512
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