Cold comfort for family
A MOTHER who has frozen her newborn baby's umbilical cord as a health precaution yesterday heralded the move as a "potential life-saver".
Paula Aspinall, 34, of Northwich, Cheshire, and her partner, Peter, paid up to 2,000 for the unique insurance policy for themselves, baby Daniel and his three-year-old sister Megan.
Samples of tissue and blood from the cord will be stored cryogenically for 20 years with the potential to use the cord's stem cells to repair damaged bone, cartilage, tendons and muscles and combat nerve damage.
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