Umbilical cord blood contains stem cells that can be used to treat some health conditions
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Cord blood banking was all the rage about a decade ago. Companies pitched it almost as an insurance policy for a child’s future health, preserving the stem cells in the blood for life-saving treatments just over the horizon. Yet it has become increasingly clear that much of the promise was overblown – paying to bank your baby’s cord blood is rarely worth it.
“The hype was…
