{"id":68,"date":"2014-12-01T04:04:29","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T04:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/?p=68"},"modified":"2025-10-24T16:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:28:11","slug":"myths-cord-blood-banking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/myths-cord-blood-banking\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Myths About Cord Blood Banking Busted"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>html { scroll-behavior: smooth; scroll-padding-top: 5em; .table_of_contents {margin: 25px 0; padding: 10px; background: #F2F5F7;} .table_of_contents a { text-decoration: none; }}<\/style><div class='table_of_contents'><h3>Table of Contents<\/h3><ul><ul><li><a href=\"#is-this-procedure-ethical\">Is this Procedure Ethical?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#top-five-cord-blood-myths-debunked\">Top Five Cord Blood Myths Debunked<\/a><\/li><\/ul><li><a href=\"#myth\">MYTH<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#fact\">FACT<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Did you know that umbilical cord blood has proved to be a valuable source of stem cells? Did you know that cord blood has been used to save thousands of lives and can treat over forty life threatening diseases? Through <a title=\"Cord Blood Banking India\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cord blood banking<\/a>, you are preserving a vital medical resource that could someday provide life saving therapy for your child or family member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"is-this-procedure-ethical\">Is this Procedure Ethical?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Cord blood stem cells that are drawn from a baby\u2019s umbilical cord, are often surrounded by political and ethical debates. Unfortunately, this had given rise to many misconceptions about cord blood banking and many parents dism iss the idea all together, since they cannot make an informed decision. Doctors and scientists continue to insist that parents should consider stem cell banking to store this resource for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We understand that the decision to save your child\u2019s cord blood can be a confusing decision with so many opinions surrounding it. Here are a few facts, which we think will debunk some common myths and misconceptions about the procedure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"top-five-cord-blood-myths-debunked\">Top Five Cord Blood Myths Debunked<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"myth\">MYTH<\/h2>\n<\/td><td>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"fact\">FACT<\/h2>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>&#8220;Doctors would never treat the child with his or her own cord blood stem cells because it would contain the disease.&#8221;<\/em><\/td><td>Autologous transplants (the use of your own stem cells) have been conducted for over a decade and have successfully treated diseases ranging from neuroblastoma, to lymphoblastic leukemia and other cancers.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>&#8220;We don\u2019t have a history of cancer in our family, so we won\u2019t need to bank our baby\u2019s stem cells\u201d<\/em><\/td><td>Doctors have ascertained that leukemia is not hereditary. In fact, the causes for most cancers still remain unknown. Parents should consider cord blood banking as an additional safeguard.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>&#8220;The cells are only viable for 10 years.&#8221;<\/em><\/td><td>Current data shows that they have been stored for up to 24 years without any significant loss or proliferation. Cryopreservationists&nbsp;say that these cells can be stored indefinitely, which will be proved with time.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>\u201cPeople of mixed ethnic backgrounds should donate their cord blood\u201d<\/em><\/td><td>Parents from mixed ethnic backgrounds will have children with a unique HLA antigen profile. Finding a matching bone marrow or cord blood donor in the future will be difficult and rare. So, doctors encourage such parents to go in for private cord blood banking.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>\u201cI can donate my child\u2019s cord blood to a public bank and it will probably be there for me in the future.\u201d<\/em><\/td><td>Parents must understand that only a small portion of all donated samples are stored. Usually, 80-85% of the samples are sent for research projects. So, it is better to privately store cord blood.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Forget the idea that stem cell therapy is a theory from a science fiction movie.\u00a0This research has been at the forefront of biomedicine for over 20 years and can potentially save lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Is this Procedure Ethical? Top Five Cord Blood Myths Debunked MYTH FACT Did you know that umbilical cord blood has proved to be a valuable source of stem cells? 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