Cord Blood Stem Cells Information

umbilical cord blood bank?

Do you believe this is a good thing?

Public Comments

1. I actually don't know the answer but I am curious. Is it a bad thing?
2. Yes! You may be able to use the blood to treat diseases in the future. Think of it as personal health insurance....
3. Why not? If you don't bank the blood, it'll just go to waste. It's not like you were planning on keeping it. (Were you? Ew.)
4. In the wild animals eat it.Sounds gross to me. But they don't let it go to wast. give it to science
5. An umbilical cord blood bank is a great thing. Cord blood contains a lot of stem cells. Among other things, it can be used for bone marrow transplants. There's no reason not to keep the cord and its blood. As others have said, it would just be destroyed anyway.
6. Not for the prices they charge you to keep it frozen, unfortunately. It's out of most people's reach.
7. It's a great thing if you can afford it. I work in hematology/oncology and see people all of the time that need bone marrow transplants to treat their leukemia and need to find a donor with a good match. With the stem cells in the banked blood, you have a great supply of your baby's own cells to use so you don't need to find a donor. I wish the technology was around when I was born. And who knows what else scientists will be able to do with your stem cells a few years from now. If you can afford it, do it.