Banking a babys cord blood may save their life Is it worth it
                     Banking a Baby’s Cord Blood 
may Save Their Life. Is It Worth 
It?
Baby’s cord blood banking
Banking Baby’s Cord Blood
 Amidst all the other do’s and 
don’ts, expecting parents have 
yet another decision to ponder 
on! That of cord blood banking. 
 Keeping in mind the 
innumerable success stories 
that are circling round the 
globe, of how 
sibling’s cord blood stem cell 
has saved her elder or younger 
sister’s life to miraculous 
recovery within the family, cord 
blood cell banking is akin to 
opting in for a biological 
insurance.
Banking Baby’s Cord Blood
 on the other end of the 
spectrum is the reality that 
the process is an expensive 
one. 
 So, when caught between 
the perils of high price and 
the possibility of cure 
(should any adverse 
disease were to occur), 
expecting parents often 
gets befuddled and unable 
to decide, if cord blood 
banking is worth it.
Counting the Benefits
 The blood in the placenta and 
the umbilical cord, is a vital 
source rich in blood-forming 
stem cells, that has proved 
helpful in the treatment of 
several life-threatening 
ailments that includes names 
like Type 1 and 2 diabetes, 
immunological disorders, 
lymphoma, leukaemia, severe 
brain and spinal cord injuries, 
chronic cancers and many 
more. 
 what has really got the world 
pause and ponder whether 
they should say yes to this 
process, is the recent cures in 
ailments like Parkinson’s 
disease, autism and even 
cerebral palsy.
Counting the Benefits
 Cord blood stem cell banking 
and transplant also holds the 
key to the success of 
regenerative medicine.
 This simply indicates making 
use of stem cells to be able 
to regenerate tissues and 
organs, that haven’t been 
functioning in the optimal 
way, leading to macular 
degeneration which in 
certain chronic situations, 
also result in a loss of 
vision. 
Counting the Benefits
 Hence, today, doctors, medical 
experts and researchers are 
making use of cord blood stem 
cells to commission clinical trials in 
many phases to discover 
miraculous treatments to diseases 
and bodily disorders that otherwise 
is considered to be irreversible.
  Patients have been benefiting to a 
great extent, more so because of 
the advancement in the world of 
medical science as a whole. In 
addition to that, hospitals are also 
providing advanced supportive 
care to patients once the 
transplant is over.
Reason of Cord Blood Banking
 The other reason to say yes to 
cord blood banking is that, 
the sample you allow to store 
will always be at your access 
should you ever need it. 
However, this holds true when 
you only store your baby’s 
cord blood in a private bank.
 There’s a charge that families 
need to pay when enrolling 
for this process along with 
storage fees for the 
maintenance of the cord 
blood sample.
Reason of Cord Blood Banking
 Therefore, whether you are 
opting in cord blood banking, 
wither private or public, you 
are actually saying yes to 
regenerative medicine and 
revolutionary cures.
 
 Private banking enables you 
to use it for personal 
requirement. And public 
banking extends it to the one 
who requires. Either ways, 
it’s a meaning gesture. So 
public or private, cord blood 
banking is worth it
References:
 https://www.cordlifeindia.com/blog/banking-babys-
cord-blood-may-save-life-worth
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 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2353139
0-100-banking-a-babys-cord-blood-may-save-
their-life-is-it-worth-it/
 https://www.parents.com/pregnancy/my-
baby/cord-blood-banking/is-cord-blood-banking-
worth-it/