Are Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Ethical?

Name: Are Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Ethical?
Uploaded: 2025-03-20T12:00:14+00:00
Duration: 41 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: Dr. Charles Mok explains why umbilical cord and placental stem cells are ethically acceptable, unlike embryonic stem cells, which are banned for clinical…

20 Mar 2025 · 1 min

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Dr. Charles Mok explains why umbilical cord and placental stem cells are ethically acceptable, unlike embryonic stem cells, which are banned for clinical use in the US. Parents can bank or donate cord blood, and doctors can order and use these cells.

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There's umbilical cord and placental derived stem cells. These are quite different than embryonic stem cells. Embryonic stem cells are not legal in the United States. That's where you'd have an aborted fetus. We take the stem cells from. From embryo. That's not done in the United States at all. There's some embryonic stem cell research going on from embryos that were obtained 30, 40 years ago, but nobody's doing that clinically. It's not allowed and not ethical. So. But umbilical stem cells, placental stem cells, certainly are. People right now, when they have a baby, they have an option of banking their baby's umbilical stem cells for use later on, or they can just donate. Will take those umbilical stem cells and umbilical cords and extract the stem cells out. In some cases, expand them. So those are available and the doctor can order them and you can use them.