The Life Saving Potential of Cord Blood

Cord blood is the name given to a recent medical discovery that has caused enormous excitement at the possibilities and potential that it has, to provide a future cure for some of today’s most debilitating and fatal illnesses and diseases including: Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Diabetes. The “Cord” refers to the umbilical cord, the lifeline betwixt baby and mom whilst junior is still in the womb. The recent discovery that we are referring to is of course stem cell technology, and it has caused quite a stir within both the world of medical science, and the world of everyday life that we all inhabit. Why All the Excitement? Stem cells are the foundation cells of life. They are called stem cells because just like the stem of a plant, which is the source of that plant’s existence, human stem cells are the very source of our existence too. The unique thing about them is their innate ability to transform themselves into any other type of living cell. A stem cell in itself is somewhat like a blank piece of paper. As soon as someone writes something on that piece of paper it transforms itself into something else; an aide memoir, a scholarly text, or maybe a page from a novel. Cell stems too have the ability to become somethi...