San Antonio Storage For Cord Blood

2008-09-05 10:43:23

( Pharmeceutical-Medical )



Parents are faced with daily decisions that can directly affect their children’s future. But as early as the first hour of giving birth, more parents are choosing to prepare for future health of their baby and of others by choosing to put their infant’s cord blood in cord storage, like San Antonio storage.

San Antonio storage banks cord blood which is found to be rich in stem cells. These stem cells have the ability to form new blood and may also have the potential of creating cells for other parts of the body.

Cord blood collection is done usually in the first few minutes of delivery. It is a simple and painless procedure that only takes five minutes. Once the umbilical cord is cut and clamped, cord blood is harvested and put in cord storage like San Antonio storage for banking.

Not all diseases can be cured by using stem cells from cord storage. However, doctors have been using cord blood to treat certain diseases since last decade. Diseases that require bone marrow transplants have received some success from using stem cells that have been in cord storage. The future looks promising.
Choosing to put a newborn’s cord blood in cord storage like San Antonio storage is not a routine hospital practice. It is something that parents decide before the baby is born.

Most parents consider cord blood banking due to the family’s risk to diseases that may require bone marrow transplant. They may also consider the fact that the chances of a successful bone marrow transplant from an unrelated donor are slimmer compared to a relative. Families who choose to store stem cells in cord storage have the advantage in availing emerging treatments for intensive stem cell research.

Although there is a promise of hope from stem cell research, it is not for everyone. If your family does not have a history of disease, cord blood banking may not be needed after all. It is up to you carefully decide if you want to put your newborn’s cord blood in cord storage.


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