Your baby’s precious CORD
blood can save his precious life
As mothers, you will do anything for
your child. Even way before they are
brought into this world, your instincts kick in and you tirelessly worry about
your baby. You want to learn everything
there is to learn and more importantly, you want to protect them from anything
and everything that can harm them be it the common cold or a fever; and if you
had your way, you would gladly get sick for your child. And your anxiety is not without reason, since
there are many childhood diseases that can be harmful or even fatal to
children.
Leukemia is
perhaps the most common type of cancer compromising 47.8% of all childhood
cancers1. Hodgkin’s Disease1
or non-Hodgkin Lymphoma is the third childhood cancer comprising 9% of
childhood cancer. Aside from these types
of cancers, certain brain disorders are also common in children. These include
cerebral palsy and neuroblastoma.
Cerebral palsy severely impairs the development of the motor functions
and afflicts 1-2 percent of the Philippine population2. Neuroblastoma, on the other hand, causes the
sufferer to lose the ability to empty the bladder, experience paralysis of the
hips, feet, legs and uncontrolled movement.
Research into
the use of cord blood and cord lining stem cells have been ongoing since the
1980s and has shown promise of saving lives and treating life-threatening
diseases. More than 30,000 cord blood stem
cell transplants3 have already been performed since 1988.
“The
strides made in cord blood transplantation has made this manner of treating
diseases more widely accepted by people,” said Dr. Arvin Faundo, Cordlife
Philippines Medical Director. “Currently, umbilical cord blood transplant is
considered as one of the standard forms of treatments for leukemia, among
others. Also, many clinical trials4, 5 worldwide are ongoing for
which the results are encouraging. In fact, Duke Medicine is studying the use
of umbilical cord blood stem cells6 to treat autism and related
brain disorders. While the trials are still in the initial phases, we are
hopeful that these will yield positive results.”
Last June,
Duke Medicine received USD 15 million funding by Atlanta-based Marcus
Foundation. Apart from treating patients based in the United States, Duke
Medicine has also opened its door for possible participants from outside of the
country provided they meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria7 to
be considered, patients must be aged between 24 months and 72 months old. The
patient would also need to travel at least three times to Duke Medicine in the
United States – at the infusion, the six- and 12-month follow up stages. A
stipend worth U$1,000 will likewise be provided to the trial participant per
trip to help defray travel expenses.
When popular reporter, Niña Corpuz,
decided to bank with Cordlife, she knew it was an investment in her baby’s and
her family’s future. Like any mom, Niña
wants to give her baby the best that life has to offer and her baby’s long-term
health and well-being was the primary reason for her to consider banking her
baby’s cord blood and cord lining.
“Having my child was the most fulfilling moment of my
life. I never thought I’d be capable of
so much love and sacrifice until I gave birth to my wonderful kids.” said
Corpuz. “Every day is just a joy and as
early as now, I think of the many things my child and I will do, experience,
and share. I invested in my baby’s cord
blood and cord lining because I want to be sure that my baby is given the best
investment I could ever give.”
Today,
Cordlife has served over 3,000 families in the Philippines alone and is trusted
by 100,000 parents8 worldwide.
“We are
definitely seeing a growing acceptance and openness of the Filipino market to
the idea of umbilical cord lining and cord blood banking because I believe that
the parents are now more proactive in finding better means to complete their
family’s health protection plan.” said Michael Arnonobal, Cordlife Philippines
Managing Director. “More importantly, today’s mothers see investing in their
children and families as paramount to ensuring their legacy and their
well-being.”
For more
information, download Cordlife’s free infopack @ www.cordlife.ph or call (02)
3321888 to know how you can invest in your children’s future.
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