What are the advantages of private cord blood storage versus public cord blood banks?
Private cord blood storage allows expectant parents to store their baby’s cord blood stem cells for potential future use. Such storage ensures that the stem cells are immediately available if they are needed for treatment, therefore eliminating the often time consuming search for a compatible donor. This is especially valuable if there is a pre-existing family history of certain health conditions (including Leukemia, and other malignant blood disorders). Ultimately, early treatment of many diseases can significantly decrease the progression of the disease and having compatible stem cells readily available for treatment is invaluable when someone is already immunodeficient and at high risk of a fatal infection.
