Lin cites the blood disease thalassemia. Children who suffer from it and get blood transfusions and chelation therapy can lead normal lives. But some parents, wishing to avoid all this trouble, risk cord blood transplantation with poor genetic matches, and end up costing the children their lives.
林凱信以海洋性貧血為例，病童只要定期輸血、打針，仍能如常生活，但有些家長希望能一勞永逸，冒著 DNA 配對吻合度不高的風險，硬讓孩子進行臍帶血移植，反而枉送了孩子的性命。