Storage of 1,500 baby cord blood samples in the cord blood bank of Royan Jihad University of Ardabil

According to the public relations report of Jihad University of Ardabil; Announcing this news, Mehran Ochi Ardabili stated: Since its establishment, Bandnaf Royan Jihad University blood bank has started its activities in the direction of informing and raising awareness to families who are on the verge of having a child and need to store stem cells, and have always tried to These notifications have been expanded.

Pointing out that the blood bank office of Bandnaf province, having blood collection colleagues and branches in Meshgin Shahr, Pars Abad, Khalkhal and Garmi, needs to be informed as much as possible in this regard, he continued: According to the birth statistics of the province, this amount of storage shows The lack of proper information to the cities of the province is one of the advantages of this service, which requires awareness through the media, especially the province's radio and television.

Ochi Ardabili continued: In line with the promotion and introduction of the cord blood bank office and the benefits and consequences of cord blood storage in the province, continuous meetings with doctors specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, paediatrics and children, media persons, educational workshops for midwives in the province, television and radio interviews Done and this process continues.

A member of the academic faculty of Jihad University of Ardabil, stating that cord blood is a source of hematopoietic stem cells and can be used in the treatment of malignant diseases, he stated: It is very important and necessary for all sections of society and families to know the reason for storing cord blood and its uses.

Uchi Ardebili stated: Cord blood is full of hematopoietic stem cells that can be used in diseases of blood origin, such as leukemia, thalassemia, congenital anemia, aplastic anemia, Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, cerebral palsy and autism using blood stem cells. Umbilical cord can be treated.

He stated that so far 1,500 samples of cord blood of newborns in Royan cord blood bank of Ardabil province have led to marriage, of which nearly 1,400 samples have been frozen and stored. has been

Ochi Ardabili said: At the end of 1400, about 50 cases of cerebral palsy and autism have been transplanted in the form of a clinical trial in Tehran, and some of these transplants are related to Ardabil province, and the results will be announced after recovery.

The head of Jihad University of Ardabil Province said: Cord blood varies from 50 cc to 200 cc depending on the placenta and umbilical cord of each baby, and in this amount there should be at least 600 million living cells, and cord blood that has all these conditions can be stored. He made it and stored it for more than 25 years.