Is it necessary to store umbilical cord blood?
Disease description:
Hello, my baby is due to be born soon. I’ve often heard about the importance of umbilical cord blood, but it’s quite expensive. I’d like to know—Is it really necessary to store umbilical cord blood?
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Liu Lan
Hello!
If feasible, we recommend preserving your newborn’s umbilical cord blood. Umbilical cord blood not only enables self-treatment in case of future illness but can also be used to help others.
1. Collection is safe and painless; the cord blood is stored as a physical specimen for timely clinical use, and the probability of successful HLA matching is high.
2. The clinical applications of umbilical cord blood hematopoietic stem cells are continually expanding.
3. Umbilical cord blood can reconstruct both the hematopoietic and immune systems and is effective in treating over 80 malignant diseases.
We hope this information is helpful to you. Wishing you good health!
