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No it is not. cord blood is blood that remains in the placenta and in the attached umbilical cord after childbirth. Cord blood is collected because it contains stem cells which can be used to treat hematopoietic and genetic disorders.
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What is neurophathy?
A neuropathy is a disease of the nervous sytem or the brain and spinal cord. This may be due to unhealthy blood or other primary infections or disease.
Is kidney infections hereditary?
No, they're not. Kidney disease can be hereditary, however kidney infections are not. (In the same way that other "infections" are not hereditary - e.g nobody gets a hereditary cold).
Is Nail-patella syndrome hereditary?
Nail-patella syndrome (NPS), also known as hereditary osteo-onychodysplasia (HOOD), is a rare, genetically determined disease, which is inherited as a dominant trait. So yes, it is hereditary.
Is polymyalgia hereditary?
No, polymyalgia is not hereditary. Polymyalgia is a type of the rheumatic disorder that is associated with moderate to severe musculoskeletal pain and stiffness in the hip area, shoulder and the neck.
What is myelitis?
Myelitis is a disease involving inflammation of the spinal cord
What is a hereditary disease in which the blood clots slowly or abnormally?
hemophilia
Who studied hemophilia?
Hemophilia is a hereditary blood disease; it is studied by geneticists and hematologists.
What benefits are there to saving cord blood?
Stored or donated fetal cord blood can be used in some cases to help to treat life threatening diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma, type 1 diabetes, heart disease, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and Arthritis.
Is the disease leucoderma hereditary?
no albinism is a hereditary.
What is the serious hereditary blood disease found most commonly in African-Americans?
Sickle cell anemia
Is Orthopnea hereditary?
Orthopnea is not hereditary. It is a symptom of a disease.
Can umbilical cord blood help kids with brain tumors?
Yes. Brain tumor is just one of the fatal diseases cured by cord blood. Cord blood also cures Type 1 diabetes, blood diseases such as leukemia, cerebral palsy and Parkinson's Disease.
A hereditary blood disease causing suppressed hemoglobin production is?
There are a number of them, one of them being sickle cell anemia.
What is hereditary disease and what are the disease caused?
Gayness
What is a good sentence for the word hereditary?
The disease was hereditary in their family.
What is hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia?
an inherited condition characterized by abnormal blood vessels which are delicate and prone to bleeding. Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia is also known as Rendu-Osler-Weber disease.
Can a disease be genetic and not hereditary?
No.
