Current challenges faced By Public cord blood banking

Posted 2023-06-06 06:55:15

With cord blood banking being a recent advancement in the medical industry, several challenges are being faced with implementing its usage in the right direction. Some of the major challenges that the cord blood banks are facing are-

As the umbilical cord blood banks need to register themselves, it requires a lot of funds. Thus, there is a direct impact on the stem cell preservation cost, which makes people question the entire process.
Out of 10, only one cord blood unit is being used for the transplantation process. Thus, the cost of storing increases relevantly.

There has to be a proper procedure with respect to the timing of clamping the umbilical cord. Delayed umbilical cord clamping may cause an decrease in the cord blood volume, even when the cell dosage is relatively less. This increases the storage cost.

Since stem cell research is currently being implemented, there are new updates now and then. Keeping this in mind, people are actively spreading wrong information all over. It is very essential to get the right information. Thus, check out reliable sources of information before spreading any wrong information.