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Although a few weeks old - this article reinforces the global awareness umbilical cord blood is achieving....



Kajol gives birth to boy, stores umbilical cord blood

Posted: Tue Sep 14 2010, 17:04 hrs
Updated: Tue Sep 14 2010, 17:12 hrs

New Delhi:

Bollywood actress Kajol has joined hundreds of other women who have stored their umbilical cord blood and tissues, which may act as a stemcell source and protect their children from several serious ailments.

Kajol, who gave birth to a baby boy on Monday, has stored her umbilical cord blood and cord tissue with a Chennai-based 'cord blood bank' - Life Cell International, sources said.

These umbilical cord blood and cord tissue act as a rich source of stem cells which can eventually help in treating serious health problems like leukaemia, lymphoma and other blood cancers and bone marrow disorders.

Cord blood is referred to the blood which remains in the umbilical cord of a baby just after its birth. Cord tissue contains mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), which create structural and connective tissue and can be used to treat conditions like spinal cord injury, stroke and cartilage damage, the sources said.

They said Kajol had a cesarean delivery at around 0920 hours at the Lilavati Hospital.

Life Cell International, which offers cord blood and tissue stem cell banking, has close to 25,000 members, including Bollywood actors like Hrithik Roshan and Farhan Akhtar, children of Wipro chairman Azim H Premji besides several politicians.


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