Education to Nursing Students on Collection, Preservation and Utilization of Cord Blood Stem Cells

Umbilical cord is the essential vitalizing, direct link between the mother and the child. The placenta is attached to the uterine wall of mother and establishes connection between the mother and fetus through the umbilical cord. The umbilical cord forms the connecting link between the fetus and placenta through which the fetal blood flows to and from the placenta. It extends from the fetal umbilicus to the fetal surface of the placenta. The cord blood is the blood remains in the placenta and umbilical cord when the mother gives birth to child. This blood contains numerous hematopoietic stem cells, which differentiates and transforms into any organ.