Cord Blood for Therapeutic or Research
The Cord Blood is collected after the birth of many children in a growing number of countries. It is collected and analyzed to quantify the number of white cells and stem cells it contains. If it meets certain conditions (depending on countries and changes in legislation), this cord blood is stored for use the stem cells it contains. In the world about 30% of cords meet these criteria and are held one. Parents can donate cord blood to a public bank of placental blood, so it can be used to save the life of a child or an adult mainly in certain cancers.
In some countries in the world it may also be placed in a private bank (for future personal use), private banking offering to the family, against any sum of money, freeze and store the cord of their child. It causes severe controversy, particularly around the following issues: non-ethical aspects of living and traffic of human cells risks of abuse-related costs of conservation strong doubts about the medical usefulness of antilogous transplantation in the case of diseases that we want to treat here, because the probability of using this Cord Blood donor in the family is less than 0.04%.
