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The disease damages many organs and most importantly, it affects the heart and causes death in the early teens. Each year, more and more children are living through potentially terminal diseases and battling their way back to health with help of cord blood.
There are two types of cord blood banks - first, there are the family banks, which store the umbilical cord for one’s own family use, and Second, there are the public donor banks, which store the blood for unrelated or non-family use - this can be used for research and development of cures for many types of health problems. Before you decide on a specific cord blood bank, contact the AABB to determine if the private blood bank is accredited or if it has any complaints lodged against the facility by other patrons. Choosing to store or donate cord blood in a cord blood bank then should probably only be done after consultation with a knowledgable physician well-versed in the latest cord blood stem cell research. The retrieval of embryonic stem cells leads to the destruction of the embryo, however, umbilical cord blood can be taken once the birth is completed and the umbilical cord has been clamped and cut as usual. Despite of this however, many blood cord banks have come into existence since transplants of umbilical blood cord have been successful in the treatment of diseases of the immune and blood systems. Stem Cells, Cord Blood, Cord Blood Banking, Umbilical Cord Blood

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Citation Details
Title: Thermogenesis requests reexamination of PharmaStem cord blood stem cell patent.(ThermoGenesis Corp.)
Publication: BIOTECH Patent News (Newsletter)
Date: May 1, 2004
Publisher: Biotech Patent News
Volume: 18 Issue: 5

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