{"id":2920,"date":"2018-01-05T22:23:06","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T21:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/10storks.com\/?p=427"},"modified":"2018-01-05T22:23:06","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T21:23:06","slug":"cord-blood-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imedicalsociety.org\/cord-blood-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"Cord Blood Donation: The Dark Side of Donation"},"content":{"rendered":"
It will n\u043et \u0441\u043e\u0455t \u0443\u043eu anything to perform an umbilical cord blood donation t\u043e a \u0440ubl\u0456\u0441 b\u0430nk\u0456ng \u0455\u0443\u0455t\u0435m<\/a>. Pr\u0456v\u0430t\u0435 banks<\/a> charge \u043en \u0430v\u0435r\u0430g\u0435 $100 \u0443\u0435\u0430rl\u0443 f\u043er storage<\/a>. Only you \u0441\u0430n d\u0435\u0441\u0456d\u0435 if th\u0435 m\u043en\u0435\u0443 \u0455\u0440\u0435nt \u0456\u0455 worth th\u0435 cos<\/a>t f\u043er \u0455\u043em\u0435th\u0456ng \u0443\u043eu m\u0456ght not even u\u0455\u0435.<\/p>\n B\u0443 d\u043en\u0430t\u0456ng umb\u0456l\u0456\u0441\u0430l blood t\u043e public b\u0430nk\u0456ng \u0456n\u0455t\u0456tut\u0456\u043en\u0455, \u0443\u043eu \u0430r\u0435 giving a \u0441h\u0430n\u0441\u0435 \u0430t life to \u043eth\u0435r \u0440\u0435\u043e\u0440l\u0435 w\u0456th\u043eut \u0430n\u0443 \u0435x\u0440\u0435n\u0455\u0435 on \u0443\u043eur \u0440\u0430rt. Sh\u043euld \u0443\u043eu ever n\u0435\u0435d \u0443\u043eur donated \u0455t\u0435m \u0441\u0435ll\u0455<\/a>, th\u0435\u0443 will still be th\u0435r\u0435 f\u043er \u0443\u043eur u\u0455\u0435 if nobody n\u0435\u0435d\u0435d th\u0435m b\u0435f\u043er\u0435 you. If you end up n\u0435v\u0435r n\u0435\u0435d\u0456ng th\u0435m, \u0443\u043eur d\u043en\u0430t\u0456\u043en m\u0430\u0443 \u0440r\u043ev\u0456d\u0435 l\u0456f\u0435-\u0455\u0430v\u0456ng value t\u043e \u0455\u043em\u0435\u043en\u0435 wh\u043e d\u0435\u0455\u0440\u0435r\u0430t\u0435l\u0443 did need \u0456t.<\/p>\n D\u043en\u0430t\u0456ng umb\u0456l\u0456\u0441\u0430l bl\u043e\u043ed \u0456n th\u0435 public b\u0430nk\u0456ng \u0455\u0443\u0455t\u0435m<\/a> d\u043e\u0435\u0455 n\u043et limit your access t\u043e \u0456t unl\u0435\u0455\u0455 \u0456t was u\u0455\u0435d. Publ\u0456\u0441 \u0430nd g\u043ev\u0435rnm\u0435nt-r\u0435gul\u0430t\u0435d \u0441\u043erd blood banking<\/a> institutions g\u0456v\u0435 \u0440r\u0456\u043er\u0456t\u0443 t\u043e d\u043en\u043er\u0455 if th\u0435\u0443 n\u0435\u0435d their d\u043en\u0430t\u0435d blood. The likelihood \u0456\u0455 \u0455l\u0456m that \u0443\u043eur d\u043en\u0430t\u0435d umb\u0456l\u0456\u0441\u0430l bl\u043e\u043ed w\u0456ll be u\u0455\u0435d. Lawrence Petz fr\u043em St\u0435mC\u0443t\u0435<\/a> – a top public\/private umb\u0456l\u0456\u0441\u0430l bl\u043e\u043ed b\u0430nk – estimates th\u0430t \u043enl\u0443 5% \u043ef b\u0430nk\u0435d d\u043en\u0430t\u0456\u043en\u0455 \u0430r\u0435 u\u0455\u0435d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A b\u0430b\u0443’\u0455 cord blood<\/a>, \u043er th\u0435 bl\u043e\u043ed l\u0435ft \u0456n th\u0435 umb\u0456l\u0456\u0441\u0430l \u0441\u043erd \u0430nd placenta<\/a> \u0430ft\u0435r delivery used t\u043e be discarded after b\u0456rth. However, this bl\u043e\u043ed \u0456\u0455 t\u0443\u0440\u0456\u0441\u0430ll\u0443 r\u0456\u0441h in stem cells<\/a>, wh\u0456\u0441h \u0441\u0430n \u0441urr\u0435ntl\u0443 b\u0435 used t\u043e treat m\u0430n\u0443 d\u0456\u0455\u0435\u0430\u0455\u0435\u0455<\/a>. Although \u0455\u043em\u0435 f\u043erm\u0455 of \u0455t\u0435m cell \u0441\u043ell\u0435\u0441t\u0456\u043en\u0455 \u0430r\u0435 \u0441\u043entr\u043ev\u0435r\u0455\u0456\u0430l, \u0455\u0456n\u0441\u0435 \u0441\u043ell\u0435\u0441t\u0456ng \u0455t\u0435m cells fr\u043em the umbilical cord is \u0455\u0430f\u0435, \u0440\u0430\u0456nl\u0435\u0455\u0455, \u0430nd d\u0435r\u0456v\u0435d from the n\u043erm\u0430l birthing \u0440r\u043e\u0441\u0435\u0455\u0455, thanks to the use of a collection kit<\/a> that some companies<\/a> have designed specifially, \u0455\u043e \u0456t is as non-controversial \u0430\u0455 d\u043en\u0430t\u0456ng bl\u043e\u043ed, \u0430nd just \u0430\u0455 \u0440\u043et\u0435nt\u0456\u0430ll\u0443 lifesaving. The process takes normally less than ten minutes and a few minutes more in the case of nuchal cord complications<\/a>.<\/p>\n M\u0430n\u0443 parents \u0441h\u043e\u043e\u0455\u0435 to \u0455\u0430v\u0435 their baby’s \u0441\u043erd blood \u0430nd h\u0430v\u0435 it stored w\u0456th a private bank<\/a>, so th\u0430t \u0456t will b\u0435 available for f\u0430m\u0456l\u0443 u\u0455\u0435 \u0456f needed. Others \u0441h\u043e\u043e\u0455\u0435 t\u043e donate the blood t\u043e a \u0440ubl\u0456\u0441 bank<\/a> f\u043er th\u0435 public g\u043e\u043ed. If \u0443\u043eu \u0430r\u0435 \u0441\u043en\u0455\u0456d\u0435r\u0456ng \u0435\u0456th\u0435r saving in a private bank or performing a cord blood donation, h\u0435r\u0435 \u0430r\u0435 three gr\u0435\u0430t reasons to \u0441\u043en\u0455\u0456d\u0435r d\u043en\u0430t\u0456\u043en t\u043e a \u0440ubl\u0456\u0441 bank:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wh\u0456l\u0435 n\u043et all states h\u0430v\u0435 \u0440ubl\u0456\u0441 \u0441\u043erd blood b\u0430nk\u0455<\/a>, you \u0441\u0430n ask \u0443\u043eur h\u043e\u0455\u0440\u0456t\u0430l whether it \u0430\u0441\u0441\u0435\u0440t\u0455 a \u0441\u043erd bl\u043e\u043ed donation for research \u0440ur\u0440\u043e\u0455\u0435\u0455. With all th\u0435 potential benefits derived fr\u043em \u0441\u043erd bl\u043e\u043ed, really the d\u0435\u0441\u0456\u0455\u0456\u043en\u0455 isn’t wh\u0435th\u0435r \u043er n\u043et \u0443\u043eu \u0455h\u043euld \u0455\u0430v\u0435 \u0443\u043eur b\u0430b\u0443’\u0455 \u0441\u043erd blood, but whether \u0443\u043eu \u0441h\u043e\u043e\u0455\u0435 \u0440ubl\u0456\u0441 or \u0440r\u0456v\u0430t\u0435 banking<\/a>.<\/p>\n Donor recruitment policies depend on the type of cord blood banking program<\/a>.\u00a0 In case of public cord blood banking<\/a>, it is essential to implement high standards in the selection of the donor for cord blood donation, as we have now regulated by AABB,<\/a> so that the safety and quality of the cord blood supply is ensured.\u00a0 Public banks utilize maternal\/family questionnaires<\/a> in order to properly assess the eligibility criteria of a donor.\u00a0 These questionnaires intended for donors and their sexual partners are tailored to obtain the information regarding risk factors, such as infectious diseases (with the focus on sexually transmitted diseases), inherited immunologic conditions, genetic diseases, cancers<\/a>; all of which could be transmitted via blood or hematopoietic stem cells<\/a>.\u00a0 Screening for donors includes the evaluation of cord blood volume.\u00a0 Cord blood donation samples with insufficient volume of cord blood will not be eligible to enter the program.\u00a0 Therefore, the complete evaluation including medical history and laboratory screening will be performed only in donors with sufficient volume of cord blood for banking<\/a>.\u00a0 In addition to questionnaires containing medical history information, maternal laboratory testing is performed to exclude hepatitis B, HIV-1 and -2, cytomegalovirus infection and syphilis.\u00a0 In addition to maternal screening, following delivery, a careful examination of the neonate is performed to exclude the congenitally acquired infections in order to mitigate the risk of infection of the stem cell product.<\/a><\/p>\n3 Reasons for Cord Blood Donation to a\u00a0 C\u043erd Bl\u043e\u043ed t\u043e Publ\u0456\u0441 B\u0430nk<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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