The Advantage of Private Cord Blood Stem Cell Banking
Cord Blood Banking, Cord Blood Stem Cells
Cord blood stem cell banking offers potentially lifesaving benefits. But despite the increasing availability of public cord blood banks, greater peace of mind can only be secured by expecting parents who choose to bank their baby’s cord blood privately.
Approximately 80 potentially life-threatening diseases and conditions have already been treated through stem cell therapeutics. But treatment success often depends on the availability of CD34+ stem cells for transplantation.
Private cord blood banks can assure expecting parents that perfectly matched stem cells will be available for their baby should he or she need treatment in the future. And compared to public banks, private banks can provide a better chance of finding suitable matches for other family members and their potential future health needs. It may take public banks months to find suitable matches for those in need of a transplant, and there is no guarantee that they will.
LifebankUSA®, a private bank owned by the Celgene corporation, offers expecting parents a greater chance of securing future treatment options and improving treatment success for their family. Still the world’s only bank to offer both placenta and cord blood stem cell banking services, LifebankUSA® can bank roughly double the amount of CD34+ stem cells collected from cord blood banking alone. And greater availability of these lifesaving stem cells during treatment often leads to successful engraftment.
admin @ June 27, 2009