storing cord blood
Presently many people are deciding to store their baby’s umbilical cord blood in cord blood banks. When deciding to store umbilical cord blood, you have the choice between a private or public cord blood bank. A private bank is for use by you and your family only. However public cord blood banks store umbilical cord blood for use by the public. The various uses of umbilical cord blood in the treatment of genetic disease and cancers makes it important to be stored. Currently cord blood is useful in the treatment of leukemia and lymphomas. In the future, storing cord blood will be common among everyone.