If someone in my family needed a transplant, when would cord blood stored in a private bank by my family be used versus unrelated cord blood donated to a public bank?
If you stored your baby’s cord blood in a private family bank and someone in your family needed a transplant, your doctor would consider a number of factors: • If the baby who provided the umbilical cord blood needs the transplant: • The doctor will decide if a transplant using that person’s own cells (an autologous transplant) is the best choice. Many diseases that are treated with transplant may already be present in the baby’s cord blood. For some diseases, a transplant using cells donated from a relative or unrelated donor (allogeneic transplant) is the best choice. • If the sibling of the baby who provided the umbilical cord blood needs a transplant: • The doctor would first test to see if the sibling matches the brother or sister who needs the transplant. Because tissue types are inherited from parents, there is a 25% chance that siblings will match each other. (For more details, see the patient information on HLA matching). • If the siblings match: the doctor will decide between
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