Parents are paying huge sums to
save umbilical cord blood for future medical treatments, but they may have to wait decades for the investment to pay off
Not exact matches
From ads in parenting magazines, direct mailings, and flyers in their obstetrician's office, expecting parents are repeatedly told of their «once - in - a-lifetime chance» to
save their baby's
umbilical cord blood for possible use later to
save his life.
In a nutshell,
cord blood banking is the act of
saving your baby's
umbilical cord blood and its stem cells at birth in case you may need them in the future.
Cord blood is pretty much what it sounds like — blood taken from the baby's umbilical cord — and it contains potentially life - saving stem cells that can be banked for future
Cord blood is pretty much what it sounds like —
blood taken from the baby's
umbilical cord — and it contains potentially life - saving stem cells that can be banked for future
cord — and it contains potentially life -
saving stem cells that can be banked for future use.
Blood taken from the baby's umbilical cord has potentially life saving stem cells, which is the reason celebrity parents are having the blood placed in b
Blood taken from the baby's
umbilical cord has potentially life
saving stem cells, which is the reason celebrity parents are having the
blood placed in b
blood placed in banks.
But the factor that may make the discovery very significant is that
umbilical cord blood can be
saved, stored and multiplied without any of the ethical dilemmas facing embryonic stem cell use, which are derived from human fetuses.