Should I Save My Child’s Cord Blood?
source: http://singularityhub.com/2009/09/10/should-i-save-my-childs-cord-blood/
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As if you didn’t have enough to worry about, now you’ve got to figure out if storing your child’s umbilical cord blood might just save his or her life. With the advent of amazing and clinically tested stem cell treatments, today’s expecting parents are faced with the real possibility that their child may one day require a stem cell transplant. Umbilical cords, with a host of hematopoietic (blood-developing) stem cells, may be puffy tubes filled with the equivalent of medical miracles. So, to store or not to store, that is the question. Let’s take a look at the benefits, costs, likely uses, and possible alternatives to freezing the umbilical cord blood of your baby. There’s a video about the collection method itself, after the break.
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- groups:
- Community, Max and Jason: Still Up, BioEthics
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- Health, Children, Stem Cells
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- Vierotchka
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heimbachae
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Depends on how much money it is. Christ do doctors not know we are in a recession? We all can just cut and save anything we want off of our bodies anymore!?
- 2 years ago
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heimbachae
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Vierotchka
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I think this is a good idea - especially as, to the best of my knowledge, umbilical stem cells can be used for people other than the donor.
- 2 years ago
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Vierotchka
