Cord Cutting

“Doctors rarely use cord blood anymore, thanks to advances that have made it easier to transplant adult stem cells. And the few parents who try to withdraw cord blood samples often find that they are unusable — either because their volume is too low or they have been contaminated with microbe.” But those facts don’t stop Cord Blood Banks from marketing to expecting parents. They convinced me nearly two decades ago and I only just recently got the company to stop hounding me for payments. NYT (Gift Article): Promised Cures, Tainted Cells: How Cord Blood Banks Mislead Parents.