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Across North America, cord blood banks have launched initiatives inform minority families about the benefits of cord blood banking. Currently, there is a shortage of cord blood and stem cell donors in ethnic communities, severely affecting the survival rates of minorities who contract particular blood diseases.
Donor matches for patients of ethnic descents are difficult to find, and many minority patients who contract diseases like leukemia are left without the option of a stem cell transplant. Such transplants can help to improve the patient’s chances of survival and aid in the treatment of the disease.
Banks are encouraging cord blood banking over bone marrow donation, as it presents a higher chance of finding matches for suffering individuals. This is because an exact match is not needed to treat a patient using cord blood stem cells.
So, Insception Lifebank Cord Blood Program urges ethnic families to consider banking their children’s cord blood, as it is a worthwhile investment in their future.