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The Cord Blood Debate.(Brief Article)
Zoe Fintz is a perfectly healthy little girl. But her parents aren't taking any chances. Compelled by a pamphlet in their doctor's office, they decided to spend $1,300 to store Zoe's umbilical-cord blood, banking its precious stem cells for potentially lifesaving medical use in the future. Did they make the right choice? So far, there have been only 2,500 cord-blood transplants worldwide. Still, stem cells--the building blocks for our blood--can be used to treat ...
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