Should I privately store my babys cord blood just in case my child later developed leukemia, and needed a transplant?
Umbilical cord blood contains the same kinds of cells as those found in bone marrow. Leukemias are cancers of these bone marrow cells, so giving patients their own cells back in the form of their umbilical cord blood would be tempting fate by allowing the whole cancer-forming process to start all over again. The best source of cells for these kinds of transplants is therefore a normal donor…someone else’s cells.
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