Friday, December 9, 2011

Inside the Strange Science of Cord Blood Banking

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Entryway to Cord Blood America's corporate headquarters, Las Vegas.







Cord Blood America in Las Vegas is one of dozens of private cord blood banks in the United States that, for a fee, will store stem cell-rich blood taken from a newborn baby’s umbilical cord.

Over one hundred thousand families save or donate cord blood annually, in the hopes it will one day provide medical help to their child or someone else.


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2 comments:

Sunny said...

I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. LOTS OF PEOPE DON'T THINK SO. BUT STEM CELLS CAN CURE CRIPPLING AND DEVASTATING DISEASES AND ADD QUALITY AND FUNCTION TO LIFE.

Chimp said...

I just wonder if most of the people banking their cord blood here are just wealthy individuals and just doing it for themselves and their offsprings. I wonder if the average person will really benefit from this.