Ethics Matters Whose Cord Blood is it Anyway - 0 views
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Kat Brock on 26 Jan 12This article discusses the ethics behind banking the blood from a baby's umbilical cord and using the stem cells to treat sick people. It informs us that the blood from one cord is only enough to treat one patient and that, as the demand for cord blood increases, the ethics behind the storage and usage of cord blood may become compromised.