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Cord Blood - Stem Cell Dept. Department Of Health And Human Services
Cord Blood Options Cord blood banking preserves stem
cells from the placenta and umbilical
cord of newborns.
Preserving these stem cells provides
insurance to the child since they can be
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like anaemia, leukaemia, lymphoma,
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diseases.
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In addition to this, the blood could
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donor who need blood grafts.
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Cord Blood Stem Cell There are two types of cord blood banking, private and public. Private banking or family
banking retains the connection between the blood sample and the donor’s name. That is, the
Cord Blood Transplants donor or the donor’s parents own the blood sample. This type of storage ensures that the
donor will always have a perfectly-matched supply of stem cells available if the need ever
arises.
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Private cord blood banking can also benefit siblings of the donor since there is a twenty-five
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percent chance that there will be a match between siblings. In public cord blood banking, the
blood samples taken are identified by number only so if a past donor ever needs stem cells
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there is no guarantee that he will be able to receive his own. However, public banking is free
» while private banking requires the customer to pay for the extraction, shipping, processing
and testing of the stem cells as well as for storage. The size of the sample as well as the
length of time stored is taken into consideration too.
The first year of private banking can
cost as much as twenty-one hundred
dollars with every year of storage after
costing approximately one hundred
and twenty-five dollars.
Retrieval of blood grafts from private
banks is free for the owners of the
blood while retrieval from public banks
can range from fifteen thousand dollars
to twenty-five thousand dollars per
unit.
The blood samples to be banked are taken right after the baby is disconnected from the
umbilical cord. The blood can be drawn from the placenta or the umbilical cord itself and
causes no discomfort to the mother or child. Once collected, the blood can remain at room
temperature for about three days.
This time is usually taken to ship the blood to the processing centre. Once here, the stem
cells are isolated and cryogenically frozen which preserves their usefulness for decades to
come. The blood samples in private banks belong to the parents of the child until he/she
grows to the legal age of maturity (eighteen in most countries). Only the legal guardians of
the blood sample can control who the blood goes to in private cord blood banking. In public
cord blood banking, blood can go to any person who is a match and who can afford to pay
for it.
In addition to the direct health benefits provided by cord blood banking, the blood samples
can also be used for research. Research into cord blood could possibly provide cures for
diseases like Alzheimer’s and osteoporosis for which there are no definitive cures. Also, there
is the possibility that progenitor cells in cord blood could be used to grow new tissue for use
in damaged organs.
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release)
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release)... has been appointed managing director of CBAI's 51% owned stellacure GmbH, the

2. third largest cord blood banking service in Germany."and more »
The Pros and Cons of Cord Blood Banking - EmpowHer (blog)
The Pros and Cons of Cord Blood BankingEmpowHer (blog)Now there's cord blood banking to
consider. So should you bank your baby's cord blood or not? • Taking a cord blood sample is
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Umbilical Cord Blood: Save It and Save Lives - CBS News
CBS NewsUmbilical Cord Blood: Save It and Save LivesCBS NewsFrom hospital
bed to bank, it costs about $2400 to collect, transport, freeze, and store each
cord blood unit. Private cord blood banking is available (and ...and more »
Cord Blood America Names Managing Director of Its New Stem Cell Company in Germany
- PR Newswire (press release)
Cord Blood America Names Managing Director of Its New Stem Cell Company in GermanyPR
Newswire (press release)... has been appointed Managing Director of Cord Blood America's
51 percent owned stellacure GmbH, the third largest cord blood banking service in Germany.
...and more »
Thinking about Cord Blood Banking? - EmpowHer (blog)
Thinking about Cord Blood Banking?EmpowHer (blog)Cord blood banking could be a decision
that greatly affects the future of your child or family. If interested, there is a ton of
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