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For many pregnant women and expecting parents, the issue of whether or not to donate umbilical cord blood is a real one.

The most real in one sense are parents who already have had a child with a serious or inherited blood or metabolic disorder.

The other situation is one where there is no such history but where the parents are considering collection of cord blood as a means of health insurance in case the blood is ever needed in future to treat a serious medical condition of their child.

So what is cord blood donation or banking all about?

Well in this article, we're going to talk about some basic but important aspects of cord blood banking.

Let's in this article talk about choosing among the different cord blood banks.

When thinking about cord blood banks for private use as opposed to public cord blood cell donation, look at these factors:

Firstly, consider whether the particular cord blood bank you're looking at is accredited with the American Association of Blood Banks.

The fact that the cord blood banking company is accredited means that the bank is inspected from time to time according to schedule to see that they meet the accreditation rules.

Accreditation of cord blood banks include issues such as whether correct procedures to screen and test the mother are followed, and standards of storage in their facility.

Secondly think about whether the cord blood bank is well established or not. This simply means a bit of due diligence as to whether the bank has any concerns over financial health, whether their customers are happy, whether there is any problems with management or ethics of the company.

Of course you can't predict the future, but a good company now helps peace of mind.

So cord blood is taking more and more media attention as time goes on.

And the reasons for this are 1. that the advantages of cord blood transplantation and donation are becoming more well known, and 2. more people are realising that stem cells derived from cord blood samples can be used to help stem cell research without the use of embryos.

So watch out for more news and information on cord blood.

It's a medical phenomenon that is grabbing the attention of moms and dads as well as the medical world alike.

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