Blood cord banking is the process of preserving blood from a new born baby’s umbilical cord and placenta. The concept of blood cord banking starts immediately as soon as a mother gives birth, the blood in the umbilical cord and placenta is immediately preserved through freezing and kept in a depository until such time in the future as when that same baby, all grown up, will be needing, if ever, a transplant of the bone marrow or for treatment of leukemia or Fanconi’s Anemia.
As the blood cord banking concept is still in its infancy stage, starting just in the mid 90s, research and studies on the subject have still to positively conclude its full medicinal benefits.
Despite of this however, many blood cord banks have come into existence since transplants of umbilical blood cord have been successful in the treatment of diseases of the immune and blood systems. Leukemia and Fanconi’s Anemia are just some of the diseases treated by umbilical cord blood. In Fanconi’s Anemia alone, 2000 patients have undergone this procedure.
Formerly viewed as birth medicinal waste, umbilical cord blood due to its high demand, is now a valuable commodity...
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