Cord Blood Banking in Canada
Today, cord blood banking in Canada is primarily conducted by private cord blood banks, which require payment in order to store a child's cord blood stem cells. Recently, however, the government has launched an initiative that will fund the creation of a national public cord blood bank. The initiative will cost $48 million over the course of the next 8 years, and will provide families all over the country with the chance to donate their child's umbilical cord blood to a national registry.
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