Banking Cord Blood

[Jolly]

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230809-the-promise-of-banking-umbilical-cord-blood

[George K]

I just skimmed the beginning of the article.

I’m retired for almost 7 years now, and I remember my OB patients banking cord blood for years before that. I’m surprised at the number that the BBC quotes in the United States is only 3%. In my experience, it seemed much higher.

[LuFins Dad]

We’ve been spending quite a bit on storing Finley’s. We feel badly about not storing Lucas’s but it was more than we could afford in the early 2000s…

[jon-nyc]

We did it for the boy but I'm not sure how necessary it is with all the progress on IPSCs.

[LuFins Dad]

I worry a little about the community banks. If a child winds up with a genetic disorder, is the community cord blood bank going to be alerted and have the blood disposed of?