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A Future Solution is The Cord Blood Bank
The research in the field of stem cells and the way a transplant of such cells can cure some diseases and liberate people from pain is on the go right now. But one of the main issues is that people very often find with great difficulty a donor compatible with them so in this case they remain really with no solution.
However there is a solution but not many want to take part in because they do not realise the importance of donating stem cells. In the Cord Blood Bank there can be stored a high number of stem cells which may be used for transplants or in the name of science. The parents that choose not to keep the stem cells from the blood in the umbilical cord may take a wise decision of donating them. There are thousands of people that need such transplants and they cannot find the compatible donor. In this case the chances to find suitable stem cells set increases with the possibility of gathering as many units as possible.
However the parents should contemplate the idea of keeping the stem cells for themselves and the baby. You may never know when such a therapy will be needed so in this case the genetically matching will be perfect. The thing is that people often appreciate those things when they are in the last resort and they tend not to take enough care of the importance of these issues. The future solution for diseases may lie in the present so we have to do our best to solve it.