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The American College of Obstetricians ang Gynecologists

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Recommendations and Conclusions


• If a patient requests information on umbilical cord banking, balanced and accurate information regarding the advantages and disadvantages of public versus private umbilical cord blood banking should be provided. The remote chance of an autologous unit being used for a child or a family member (approximately 1 in 2,700 individuals) should be disclosed.


• Discussion may include information regarding maternal infectious disease and genetic testing, the ultimate outcome of use of poor quality units of umbilical cord blood, and a disclosure that demographic data will be maintained on the patient.

• Some states have passed legislation requiring physicians to inform their patients about umbilical cord blood banking options. Clinicians should consult their state medical associations for more information regarding state laws.

• Directed donation of umbilical cord blood should be considered when there is a specific diagnosis of a disease known to be treatable by hematopoietic transplant for an immediate family member.

• Obstetric providers are not obligated to obtain consent for private umbilical cord blood banking.

• The collection should not alter routine practice for the timing of umbilical cord clamping.

• Physicians or other professionals who recruit pregnant women and their families for for-profit umbilical cord blood banking should disclose any financial interests or other potential conflicts of interest.

 

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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): committee opinion #399 "Umbilical Cord Blood Banking" published in the February 2008 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. 

 


   News

Professor Eliane Gluckman of France, one of the leading hematologists worldwide who pioneered cord blood transplanting in 1988, visited the Bedomaich Chayi Cord Blood Bank.

For the first time, the public cord cell banks of Israel were saluted in a special ceremony at the Knesset.

The national search for a bone-marrow donor for Or Yosipov - underscores the dire necessity of national cord-blood bank.

In the year 2010, over 50 ! matches were found in the Bedomaich Chayi Cord Blood Registry, for patients around the world.

A Sacramento teenager, Katie Cramer (16), with a fatal blood disease has died despite her mother's unsuccessful efforts to find a bone marrow match in China.

was awarded to the Executive Director of ICBB.

Summary of Activity and Transplantation Results of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation in 2008.

was awarded to the Board of ICBB in the Knesset.

Three years after the Knesset passed the Cord-Blood Bank Law, the Health Ministry is allocating money to actually carry it out. Its ultimate aim is to make cord blood, derived from umbilical cords and placentas, available to all.

A minimally invasive transplant could reverse type 1 diabetes in millions of people. Only a few medical centers in the world do this experimental procedure, including one in the Bay Area.

Washington, Nov 14, 2010 : If patients with acute leukemia are transplanted with two units of umbilical cord blood (UCB), their risk of the disease recurrence is significantly reduced, according to a new study from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota.

Cancer - Leukemia Incidence Tables. 2000-2007.

Professor Eliane Gluckman of France, one of the leading hematologists worldwide who pioneered cord blood transplanting in 1988, visited the Bedomaich Chayi Cord Blood Bank.

For the first time, the public cord cell banks of Israel were saluted in a special ceremony at the Knesset.

The national search for a bone-marrow donor for Or Yosipov - underscores the dire necessity of national cord-blood bank.

In the year 2010, over 50 ! matches were found in the Bedomaich Chayi Cord Blood Registry, for patients around the world.

A Sacramento teenager, Katie Cramer (16), with a fatal blood disease has died despite her mother's unsuccessful efforts to find a bone marrow match in China.

was awarded to the Executive Director of ICBB.

Summary of Activity and Transplantation Results of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation in 2008.

was awarded to the Board of ICBB in the Knesset.

Three years after the Knesset passed the Cord-Blood Bank Law, the Health Ministry is allocating money to actually carry it out. Its ultimate aim is to make cord blood, derived from umbilical cords and placentas, available to all.
 

A minimally invasive transplant could reverse type 1 diabetes in millions of people. Only a few medical centers in the world do this experimental procedure, including one in the Bay Area.

Washington, Nov 14, 2010 : If patients with acute leukemia are transplanted with two units of umbilical cord blood (UCB), their risk of the disease recurrence is significantly reduced, according to a new study from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota.

Cancer - Leukemia Incidence Tables. 2000-2007.

   Testimonials

Or YosipovThe national search for a bone-marrow donor for Or Yosipov - underscores the dire necessity of national cord-blood bank.

Katei CramerKatie Cramer, 16.  A Sacramento teenager with a fatal blood disease has died despite her mother's unsuccessful efforts to find a bone marrow match.

Amit KadoshIn 2008, Amit Kadosh, 7 years old, was diagnoised with leukemia. She was flown to the U.S. where she received a stem cell transplant. Amit is now healthy and back home.

Hodaya EfraimI have acute leukemia. My mixed descent and rare ethnic group make for a very rare tissue type. Project Hodaya was born after The Public Cord Blood Bank stepped forward to help me.

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The public cord blood bank "Bedomayich Chayi" was founded as a humanitarian universal voluntary organization. Our goal is to provide bone marrow transplants to those who are not represented by public international cord blood banks. In addition, we provide a parent's guide with all the necessary information about the cord blood and its donation. All data is for informative purposes only. A doctor should be consulted for medical guidance.