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You have heard about stem cells in the news.You may wonder what stem cells are, how they’re being used to treat disease and injury.Stem cells are the body’s raw materials-cells from which all other cells with specialized functions are generated.

📌Stem cells are taken from the umbilical cord because it contains a rich source of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) that can be used to treat a variety of diseases and conditions.additionally umbilical cord blood is stored in a bank, it can be available for use immediately when needed, unlike bone marrow, which can take several weeks to match and collect from a donor. For these reasons, umbilical cord blood is an important source of stem cells for transplantation and other medical treatments.