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UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANKING: Insurance Against Future Diseases?
USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), March, 2000 by Holly Wagner
With bone marrow, potential donors sign up with the National Bone Marrow Registry, but years can go by before the registry contacts them. In the meantime, the donor may have moved, changed his mind, or developed a disease. Nevertheless, a stem cell sample may be readily available and provide the recipient with immediate access to the stem cells. "It's in the freezer, ready to go," Lasky points out.
While Brent Monroe's stem cells wait in a freezer in case his family needs them and Colin Ohr's stem cells remain part of the growing pool of samples in the American Red Cross public cord blood bank, researchers continue to seek answers to the scientific and ethical questions surrounding this new promise of providing another means for life and hope. "Using cord blood stem cells in transplants is still such a new field," Long cautions. "It's hard to tell what the future holds."
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Holly Wagner is a science writer in the Office of University Communications, Ohio State University, Columbus.
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