Consider Donating Cord Blood
Today we welcome the comments of a guest article writer for the blog.There is only information and maybe some advocacy but no absolutely no medical advice. For medical advice you must consult with your doctors who know best your personal medical history.
In spite of the extreme potential of stem cell cord blood to treat various life-threatening diseases, the public cord blood banks are getting far too few donations and this precious resource goes literally into the medical waste bin. Why you ask ? There are many reasons for this but he common ones are inadequate equipment, lack of awareness among people, and funding problems.In addition to this a major reason is that cord blood donors want to save the stem cells for their own family use . At least this is true for those who even give the whole thing any thought at all.
However, latest reports show that public cord blood banks are more beneficial for donors than other banks. Let’s see how.
The time to decide on banking your baby’s placental and cord blood public or private is when you can learn enough to make a well considered decision
Benefits Of Donating Cord Blood At Public Banks
You can hardly use the saved cord blood for your immediate members. This is good because cord blood from an ill child is not suitable for his or her use. The genetic matter of the disease is encoded in blood cells too. Parents are also the carriers, which make them unsuitable for using the saved blood. In addition to this, the cord blood stem cells are not sufficient in quantity to transplant in adults or bigger-size person, who weighs more over one hundred pounds.
If you are in need of cord blood, the chances of getting a suitable match is very much more likely in public cord blood banks than that in private ones. According to the National Marrow Donor Program’s Dennis Confer, the success rate of getting a perfect match is only twenty five per cent from private banks while that in public banks, it is seventy seven per cent. Moreover, if it’s an international based bank, then the success rate of getting a suitable match is even higher.
Doctors mostly prefer cord blood from public cord blood banks. This is because such banks are under strict regulation and comply with rigorous standards for cord blood preservation, which is not so with private banks. The former are very particular about hygiene, amount, and the quality of staff whereas the latter are more interested in making profit. In short, the quality of your cord blood can be at risk at private cord blood bank facility.
Public banks give priority to the need of the donors for their cord blood. Moreover, there are dim chances that your cord blood sample is used for the transplantation in someone else. According to an estimate, just 5 per cent of stored cord blood units are used.
It’s more economical to save cord blood in public banks, as they do not charge any money, unlike private cord blood banks that charge around $2,000 for the cord blood collection and registry and an annual fee of $100 for storage.
There’s not much thinking to do. It’s a question of saving a life. You can insure your home, car, and even your life, then why not insure disease treatment for your family?
By: Apurvashree
Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com
Are public cord blood banks a better option for cord blood storage? Why is a public cord bank better than a private cord blood bank? Why are people rushing to a private bank for cord blood banking?
Mail this post