Expectant parents now have the option of using umbilical cord banks to store the stem cells of their babies for a period of 21 years.準父母現在都可以選擇使用臍帶血銀行儲存幹細胞的嬰兒，他們的任期為21年。

The stem cells will be kept in store till the parents or the child (upon reaching the age of 21) decide what it can be used for.幹細胞將存放在儲存，直到父母或子女（當達到21歲以下的）決定是什麼，它可以用於。

Health experts feel that this is advantageous for two reasons.衛生專家認為，這是有利的，原因有兩個。 First the stem cells can be used to cure a number of diseases and should the child fall prey to any disease he has a better chance of recovery.首先，幹細胞可以用來治療一些疾病，並應孩子墮入任何疾病，他有一個更好的機會復甦。

They also feel that if the child is healthy, then he or she can think about donating the stem cells for furthering scientific research.他們還認為，如果孩子是健康的，那麼他或她可以想一想，捐贈幹細胞為進一步的科學研究。

The procedure for enrollment at either of the banks - Life Cell in Chennai and Reliance Life in Mumbai - is simple.程序為報名，市民可選擇的銀行-生命細胞在 C hennai和依賴生活在孟買-很簡單。

An expectant mother can simply fill up a form and get herself enrolled at a cost of Rs 5000.一個孕婦可以簡單地填寫了一份表格，並獲得自己的學生，費用的RS 5000 。

She is then given a kit containing a plastic bag for storing the umbilical cord blood.她，然後給他們一個工具包包含一個塑料袋用於儲存臍帶血。 The processing fee is Rs 22,000 and the storage fee is Rs 2, 900 per year upto 21 years or more.處理費是22000盧比和儲存費，是盧比2 ， 900每年最多到21年或以上。

Over the last year, there has been a steady growth of interest in stem cell banking, Harshad Vaid, Operational Head, Life Cell, says, that When they opened in 2005, they had just 10 sets of parents who wanted to store umbilical cord blood.在過去一年中，有一個平穩增長的利益，在幹細胞銀行， harshad vaid ，業務主管，生命細胞的說，當他們於2005年開業，他們僅用了10套父母想要儲存臍帶血。 Now there are over 1500.現在有超過1500個。

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