Sunday, March 4, 2012

Cancer research foundation offers advice on freezing and saving cord blood.

2004 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Several companies advocate the saving and freezing of cord blood for future family use, but the question for expectant parents remains, when does it make sense to save and store cord blood and at what expense?

"I am asked all the time if expectant parents should save and freeze their baby's cord blood. My answer is yes - and no," stated Curt Civin, Samuelson professor of oncology and pediatrics at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and medical advisory board member of the Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research.

"Perhaps yes, in the rare case where there …

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