Patient's question:
NoDoctor's answer:
Stem cell preservation is useful, but "self-storing" umbilical cord blood is unnecessary. The original purpose of preserving umbilical cord blood was to utilize its highly proliferative hematopoietic stem cells for transplantation to treat diseases such as leukemia, aplastic anemia, and lupus. However, the advantage of self-storing umbilical cord blood in treating these diseases is not significant.