Wharton’s Jelly is a gelatinous substance within the umbilical cord. First named by Thomas Wharton in 1656 this gelatinous substance’s function is to provide support for the vein and arteries of the umbilical cord. During early development of the embryo, perhaps as early as day 3.5 – 7.5E, primitive multipotent stem cells also known as umbilical cord matrix cells (UCM) migrate from the aortic-gonadotropin-mesonephric region in the hind gut of the developing embryo, forming the fetal liver through the allantois/umbilical cord. These primitive mesenchymal-like cells therefore are trapped at very early embryological age and retain the properties of primitive stem cells. Stem cells for the Wharton’s Jelly can be extracted postnatally with great ease. Wharton’s Jelly is also sometimes referred to as Cord Tissue.
When you bank cord tissue with FamilyCord, we take extra steps to give you extra confidence. Unlike other cord blood banks that store cord tissue, FamilyCord with CordTissuePlus verifies the quantity and quality of your baby’s mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) before placing them into long-term storage.
- Processing and Extraction: Maximize the number of cells available
FamilyCord fully processes the cord tissue and extracts the cells into a solution. Storing cells as a solution (rather than as tissue segments) allows for superior cryopreservation that maximizes the number of cells available for future use. Some other banks only store tissue segments. - Verification: See the quality of your baby’s stem cells
We take a small sample of the stem cell solution and perform cell expansion to demonstrate that they can grow. Cell expansion gives health care providers important information about the quality of MSCs for future therapies (this information cannot be obtained from cord tissue segments). - PhotoCertificate: The proof is in the picture
When you choose to bank your baby’s cord tissue with FamilyCord’s CordTissuePlus, you will receive a PhotoCertificate of storage with:- Total cell count and viability (pre-freeze)
- Verified growth of the treatment-ready stem cells
- A photograph of the expanded MSC sample
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