Umbilical cord blood banking bill is considered by health officials

The moment the benefits of umbilical cord blood were recognized, it became a priority for health experts to educate pregnant women and their family about these. Senate Appropriations Committee has also taken a significant step in this direction. The committee has recently approved to spend money so as to educate expectant ladies about the need of donating umbilical cord blood. From the allocated sum, brochures will be developed. This brochure will contain information about importance of donation and benefits of umbilical cord storage. Further it will also tell about uses and cost structure. 

Stem cells are taken from umbilical cord that is a pipe attached from mother to the baby. The cord blood holds numerous benefits due to presence of large number of stem cells. These cells are used by doctors to treat several disorders such as leukemia, lymphoma and myelodysplastic syndromes these days. It is because; the cells taken from umbilical cord blood banking develop into different types of cells and also blood cells.  These stem cells can be transplanted into the person to fight against several diseases. It does not require matching between a donor and recipient. 

The cord blood cells have the capacity to cure around eighty-five diseases. It is just like insurance for the whole family. The parents are encouraged for umbilical cord stem cell storage. It would be useful if their child suffers from any disease later on. However, the issue of major concern is parents do not possess any idea about the need of cord blood preservation. It becomes further important as the need of stem cells extracted from cord blood is growing with their stock depleting day by day. 

This step will definitely prove to be a building block for several new discoveries related to medical field. Doctors are anticipating that one day every woman will understand this concept and the need of storage of umbilical cord. The cost of storing stem cells in a cord blood bank is around twenty-five hundred dollars. Every family needs to get full and reliable information about the whole process before the birth of the baby. The umbilical bill will make sure the mission is getting accomplished. It is the objective of the bill to educate more and more number of people. It must be done by the health professionals only as they possess better knowledge and are able to provide good advice.