Talk:Cord blood

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[edit] Diseases treated

The current list is wildly inaccurate. It lists diseases that might someday be treated with embryonic stem cells, not diseases that are treated cord blood cells. Needs pruning. flux.books 14:21, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Deleted the general discussion of potential pluripotent stem cell treatments. It is off topic here, and extremely speculative. It belongs elsewhere, if at all, and only with a suitable discussion of the state of investigation. The implication of including it here is that pluripotent cells can be obtained from cord blood in therapeutic quantities (wholly speculative) and that pluripotent cells can be used to treat all of the listed diseases.

(Edit: changed 'cold blood' to 'cord blood', Jo JoBrodie (talk) 15:42, 24 March 2008 (UTC) )

[edit] Free, public donation information

Deleted link to Family Cord Blood Services. From their website: "What is the time commitment for participation in the program? Your cord blood unit must be banked privately with Family Cord Blood Services for at least ten years before opting to list the cord blood on a public donation registry." http://www.familycordbloodservices.com/faq_publicdonation.cfm#5

At their current pricing this would incur a cost of $2250, plus an additional screening fee of $250.

Does this page need a Private Banking section?

[edit] Controversy section

Doesn't this relate to autologous (planned) use only, and not to allogeneic?io_editor (talk) 21:57, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

IanMorr (talk) 02:55, 4 March 2008 (UTC)