Why is there a need for women from all racial and ethnic groups to collect their babys cord blood?
Because the tissue traits that are used to match a cord blood unit with a patient are inherited, a patient’s most specific match will be cord blood directly from that child. American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Black and African American, Hispanic and Latino, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and multiple-race patients face a greater challenge in finding a match from a person other than themselves. National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) cord blood banks are working in local communities to increase the racial and ethnic diversity of NMDP cord blood listings. From 2001 to 2003, the likelihood of finding a matched cord blood unit has grown at least twofold for patients from all racial and ethnic groups. Still, some patients are unable to find a match because of the rarity of their tissue traits. Some tissue traits are more likely to be found among people of a particular racial or ethnic heritage. That is why collecting and storing your child’s cord blood privately is so impor
Because the tissue traits that are used to match a cord blood unit with a patient are inherited, a patient’s most specific match will be cord blood directly from that child. Thai American, Thai Indian, Thai Chinese, and multiple-race patients face a greater challenge in finding a match from a person other than themselves. From 2001 to 2003, the likelihood of finding a matched cord blood unit has grown at least twofold for patients from all racial and ethnic groups. Still, some patients are unable to find a match because of the rarity of their tissue traits. Some tissue traits are more likely to be found among people of a particular racial or ethnic heritage. That is why collecting and storing your child’s cord blood privately is so important for your specific child.
