Every year, around 18,000 Americans are diagnosed with conditions that would be helped by cord blood transplant. In other words, if somebody comes forward to donate cord blood, he or she will help others patients breathe a whiff of fresh air. He will give the patient a new lease of life. But 70% of these patients don't have related donor and must find one through the national registry. The shortage of minority donors has forced national and local agencies to rev up efforts to expand programs that offer expecting women and couples a chance to donate a small blood sample extracted from the umbilical cord after birth for donation to cord blood banks. All parents want a healthy baby. They may go to any extent to protect and secure the health of the new born. Medical science has also achieved a lot on how to protect the health of the babies. Latest researches on medical science have made it amply clear that creating a secure and healthy environment for the new-born should start from the moment of conception. In the study of stem cell therapy some new facts have come to light. The researchers have found that stem cells can also be affected by toxic materials that exist in the environment. Dr. Sandra Steingraber in her acclaimed book Having Faith, An Ecologist’s Journey to Motherhood wrote: â€Of all of the members of a human population, fetuses are the most vulnerable to toxic harm.†A study on cord blood cells by the U.S. Environmental Working Group (EWG) found hundreds of industrial chemicals in the blood of 10 babies. According to the study, out of the 287 chemicals detected by the team in umbilical cord blood, they came to know that 180 caused cancer in humans or animals, 217 were toxic to the brain and nervous system, and 208 caused birth defects or abnormal development in animal tests. It is essential to ensure a safe environment for the mother to get toxic free cord blood of the baby.
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