Umbilical Cord Blood Bank

My Friend has Luekemia I want to help but how?

My friend was diagnosed with luekemia two years ago the first time he went into remmision and done good for almost a year well it is back again (Damn that cancer) and they told him that if he didn't get a bone marrow transplant he won't live well I am due any day now with my second child and I want to know how long I have to wait to see if I can be his donar and if it is too long then I was wondering willbanking my babies cord blood help any?

Public Comments

1. Ask your doctor or his to get that answer.
2. Most successful bone marrow transplants come from related donors, such as siblings. An unrelated donor, however, need to be an HLA match. The latest technology allows us to use cord blood in stem cell transplantation, without the need to be an HLA match. So your baby's umbilical cord can be used to help your friend. It can be kept viable while frozen in the cord blood banking facility, to be thawed when needed for transplant. As to your friend, he needs to undergo ablative chemotherapy first (to induce another remission) before the actual transplant can be done. Congratulations on your baby!