Umbilical cord blood banking in Canada: socio-ethical and legal issues.

From: Health Law Journal | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Promising discoveries about the lifesaving attributes of umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cells have led to the emergence of public and private cord blood banks throughout Canada. UCB cells are currently used in the treatment of a variety of malignant and non-malignant diseases and for research purposes. (1) There is also much talk of their potential use for the treatment of a broad range of degenerative, hereditary, post-traumatic and central nervous system related conditions. (2)

The primary purpose of public UCB banks is to create an inventory of UCB units for unrelated ...

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