Cord blood banking: Which option is the best for you?

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Cord blood banking Which option is the best for
you?

• Best Umbilical Cord Blood Banking in India, Stem
  cell preservation in India

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Ultimate Objective

• Do everything at the best of their capacity to
  ensure that their child never witnesses a health
  crisis. And as most doctors and medical
  researchers have already claimed, that one of the
  ways of securing a childs future is by opting in
  for umbilical cord blood banking.
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• There are primarily two groups of parents one
  who privately bank their childs cord blood
  privately and the others who donate the same to a
  public bank. And if you are in India and want to
  select between private or public cord blood
  banking, heres what you need to know.

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Public Cord Blood Banking

• Given the Indian scenario, the acute challenge in
  the field of public cord blood banking is
  locating and then storing sample blood units that
  would match the population and ethnic diversity
  of the country. 
• Hence, when theres a need it might appear to be
  very tough to come across a donor that would be
  the best match for a child or an adult who needs
  to do a cord blood cell transplant to overcome a
  fatal disease. 

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Private cord blood banking

• With private cord blood banking parents have the
  scope to store their childs cord blood for their
  own use or be used by a family member.
• However, what seems to be a challenge here is the
  cost of private cord blood banking. The initial
  collection and the annual storage charges is an
  expensive amount. But the aspect of ownership is
  what makes most parents say yes to private cord
  blood banking.

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Why opt for private cord blood banking?

• Public cord blood banks are collecting storing
  the cord blood derived stem cells only. They do
  not process store cord tissue stem cells. The
  main objective of storing the cord blood stem
  cells are because they have to sell it at
  exorbitant price. 
• They have a minimum standard of stem cells they
  have to store otherwise the same would not be
  sold. 

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Why opt for private cord blood banking?

•  Practically, a large portion of cord blood
  collected is discarded before processing. But the
  ambiguity is that conditions like Autism,
  Cerebral Palsy does not need very high quantity
  of stem cell count. 
• Another option is double unit transplant. So if
  the baby or babys family members need them same,
  they will be deprived of their stem cells, if the
  same is not at all processed.

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Not every sample in feasible

• Matters related to public cord blood banking get
  further complicated by the collected sample
  quality. There are situations when most samples
  have to be cancelled owing to the insufficiency
  of stem cells.
• Sometimes parents are not made aware of the fact
  that every sample might not be used.

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Not every sample in feasible

• Also, parents should be made aware, that just by
  storing cord blood doesnt mean parents have
  locked the treatment for their child, siblings,
  family members or even themselves. So, when
  parents show interest in public cord blood
  banking these aspects should be addressed to
  provide a practical perspective.

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Every sample is not viable

• The problem is further compounded by the quality
  of the collected samples many samples may have
  to be discarded if they do not contain enough
  viable stem cells. When advising parents about
  stem cell banking, many doctors do not mention
  that each and every sample may not be useful,
  says Dr Pravin Gadre, paediatrician. Parents
  should not think that storing the cord blood
  automatically creates a cure for their child or
  his siblings, or even for themselves. Not only
  can the sample lack enough stem cells, the
  quality of the blood may also be in question.
  Sometimes, the cells are not a match even for
  siblings. 

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References

• https//www.cordlifeindia.com/blog/cord-blood-bank
  ing-option-best/
• https//www.cordlifeindia.com/blog/public-vs-priva
  te-which-cord-blood-bank-is-better/