{"id":9523,"date":"2024-07-15T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T09:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=9523"},"modified":"2024-07-15T09:27:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T09:27:31","slug":"what-parents-should-know-about-cord-blood-banking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=9523","title":{"rendered":"What Parents Should Know About Cord Blood Banking"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Millions of parents have paid to bank blood from their infants\u2019 umbilical cords. But storage companies have misled them about the cells\u2019 promise.<\/p>\n

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Pregnant women are bombarded with advertisements \u2014 on social media, in childbirth classes, even in their doctors\u2019 offices \u2014 urging them to bank the blood in their baby\u2019s umbilical cord and gain \u201cpeace of mind<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Private banks claim that the stem cells inside the blood are a powerful tool to have on hand in case a child one day becomes seriously ill. They charge several thousand dollars upfront for storage plus hundreds more every year thereafter.<\/p>\n

But an investigation by The New York Times found that leading banks have consistently misled parents about the technology\u2019s promise. The few parents who try to withdraw samples often find that they are unusable \u2014 either because their volume is too low or they have been contaminated with microbes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Here\u2019s what parents should know about cord blood banking.<\/p>\n