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Public cord blood banking companies.
Public cord blood banking supports the health of the community.
1 they can privately store their cord blood for their family 2 they can take the public option and donate their cord blood for other families or 3 they can do nothing at which point the medical facility must dispose of the cord blood as medical waste.
Public cord blood banking makes stem cells available to anyone who needs them.
Public cord blood banking is completely free.
There are around 20 companies in the united states offering public cord blood banking and 34 companies offering private or family cord blood banking.
You can donate your baby s cord blood to a non profit cord blood banking company like be the match or you can do the selfish thing.
In the united states our registry of donors is called be the match.
We recently explored the world of stem cell transplants during which we came across a reference to cord blood banking.
What is cord blood banking and is it better to use a public or private facility pediatrics.
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Public banks collect qualifying cord blood donations from healthy pregnancies and save them in case one of them will be the match to save the life of a patient who needs a stem cell transplant.
Public cord blood donation will increase the number and diversity of cord blood units available for patients.
Cord blood banking for potential future transplantation.
When it comes to cord blood banking expectant parents have three options.
Parents can either donate baby s cord blood to a public cord blood bank for anyone who needs it or they can pay to store their baby s cord blood in a private cord blood bank for.
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