Types of Cord Blood Banks – Understand the Difference to Select the Right Bank

These storage banks are mainly of two types, i.e. public and private ones. Normally, public cord blood banks are set up to facilitate umbilical stem cell research for disease treatment and for utilization in transplants of non-relatives. If you decide to save your baby’s cord stem cells at a public facility, they won’t provide you the link between your baby and her blood unit. Therefore, in time of need, there is no guarantee that you will be able to access your baby’s stored blood. On the contrary, if you store it to a private bank, no one else is authorized to access and use that particular unit without your permission.

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