Cord blood banking: what are the real issues?

Cord blood banking.

Cord blood banks are institutions designed to store umbilical cord [3] blood (UCB) stem cells [4]. UCB, a source of hematopoietic stem cells [5] (HSCs), has garnered attention from scientific and medical communities since its first successful use in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) in 1988. The umbilical cord [3] is the lifeline by which the growing fetus [6] is nourished by the moth...

Ethical and legal issues raised by cord blood banking - the challenges of the new bioeconomy.

• Cord blood banking raises ethical and legal issues which highlight the need for careful regulatory approaches to the emerging bioeconomy. • Consent processes for both private and public banking should be inclusive and representative of the different familial interests in the cord blood. • Property law is a potentially useful way of understanding the mechanisms for donation to both public and ...

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Untying the Gordian knot: policies, practices, and ethical issues related to banking of umbilical cord blood.

Since the first successful transplantation of umbilical cord blood in 1988, cord blood has become an important source of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells for the treatment of blood and genetic disorders. Significant progress has been accompanied by challenges for scientists, ethicists, and health policy makers. With the recent recognition of the need for a national system for the collect...

Ethical issues relating to the banking of umbilical cord blood in Mexico

BACKGROUND Umbilical cord banks are a central component, as umbilical cord tissue providers, in both medical treatment and scientific research with stem cells. But, whereas the creation of umbilical cord banks is seen as successful practice, it is perceived as a risky style of play by others. This article examines and discusses the ethical, medical and legal considerations that arise from the o...