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Zebrafish Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston announced in December the results from an early-phase clinical trial of a drug that boosts the number of cord-blood stem cells in patients who received stem-cell transplants.
Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Even Zebrafish Do It—Just Too Little Amy Dockser Marcus 2012
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If the delivering hospital belongs to a public cord-blood program, the procedure is free.
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One-third of the cord-blood recipients died from the procedure, compared with 23% of patients who received the fully matching transplants.
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One of the study's 19 authors sits on the board of two cord-blood banks.
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The researchers found only a few cases where cord-blood banked "just in case" had been used.
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Of course, I'd spend any amount of money to protect my children, but is private banking of cord blood really warranted, considering that much of the stem-cell promise is still more theoretical than practical, and that stem cells can come from other sources, including bone marrow, public cord-blood banks and someday possibly adult cells?
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The researchers also assessed the doctors 'views of private cord-blood banking by asking whether they would recommend it for a newborn with one healthy 3-year-old sibling.
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Both organizations advise against private cord-blood banking for most families, as the likelihood of children needing their own banked blood is low.
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But I do have one regret: that we didn't donate to a public cord-blood bank.
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But when I began reading more about cord-blood banking, I started having second thoughts, especially when I realized what big business private cord-blood storage has become and how expensive these services are: blood-collection fees typically range between $1,500 and $2,000, and storage fees run between $100 and $200 per year.
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