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I paid 拢2000 to bank my son鈥檚 cord blood, but couldn鈥檛 use it

By Jessica Hamzelou

16 August 2017

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Cord stem cells could treat many diseases

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The number of people banking their newborn baby鈥檚 cord blood is on the rise, as parents hope the stem cells within the blood could be used to treat their child should they develop a disease later in life. We鈥檝e聽looked at the evidence behind cord blood banking, but what is the experience actually like?

Alan* and his wife decided to privately store their son鈥檚 cord blood聽when he was born in 2005. 鈥淲e聽thought, if we are ever going to need this, we鈥檙e really going to need it,鈥 says…

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