Should we store Baby’s Cord Blood for treatment?
On Feb 2009, I was watching the repeat telecast of Channel 8 drama “Baby Blues” (starring Chen Li Ping, Michelle Chong). There was this part where Michelle Chong starred as the mother of a girl who had leukemia and needed a bone marrow transplant urgently. Both Michelle and her husband were not suitable donors for the bone marrow transplant. Plus they did not store their daughter’s cord blood when she was born. And Michelle happened to be heavily pregnant with her second child. Her daughter’s doctor advised them that they can use their second child’s cord blood to save their daughter’s life. At the end, their daughter’s life was saved with her infant brother’s cord blood. At that point, one question popped up in my mind: “Should we store our baby’s cord blood?”
Cord blood, also called ‘placental blood’, is blood that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta following birth and after the umbilical cord is cut. It is normally discarded with the placenta and umbilical cord. The umbilical cord blood is a rich source of haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), a proven resource for treatment of certain diseases.
For More Details Visit Stem Cell Global Organization
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