Cord blood storage reaches 500,000 samples
Social affairsSept 20, 2012
The number of umbilical cord blood samples in storage in Korea has increased to near 500,000 as public awareness has grown of its potential use in treating cancers and genetic diseases, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Cord blood collection began 13 years ago and the number of samples reached 497,095 as of June, with the growth rate averaging 10 percent since mid-2000s. The data...