Ethical and legal issues surrounding the decision-making process for donating and banking Umbilical Cord Blood

无私捐献脐带血对于提供治疗各种癌症和血液免疫疾病的干细胞来源至关重要。然而，家长可以将UCB存入银行供个人使用。该项目将确定家长是否了解和理解UCB捐赠和银行之间的差异，并分析围绕这两个过程的法律问题。我们的目标是提出建议，以改善决策过程，希望提高UCB捐赠率。

Altruistic donation of umbilical cord blood (UCB) is essential to provide a source of stem cells to treat various cancers and blood-immune disorders. However, parents can instead, bank UCB for personal use. This project will determine if parents are aware and understand differences between UCB donation and banking, as well as analysing the legal issues surrounding both processes. We aim to make recommendations to improve the decision-making process with the hope of increasing UCB donation rates.