New Delhi, September 14: 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 yesterday, has stored her umbilical cord blood and cord tissue with a Chennai-based ‘cord blood bank’ — Life Cell International — yesterday, 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 is been remained in the umbilical cord of a baby just after its birth.
–Agencies