Cord Blood Banking

The preservation of your newborn's stem cells, which allows you to have your baby's cord blood saved for potential medical uses to treat life-threatening diseases. If you do not choose to bank your baby’s cord blood, it will be discarded after birth.

Why are Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells Worth Saving?

"Stem cells are immature cells that can both reproduce themselves and have the potential to turn into other types of cells. There are several types. The ones in umbilical cord blood and bone marrow are called hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs), according to WebMD."

No one debates that cord blood cells can be lifesaving. "Cord blood is a proven, effective source of blood-forming stem cells for people with certain diseases," Stephen Feig, professor of pediatrics at UCLA, tells WebMD.



Newborn Stem Cells In The News

A Californian Woman's Life Saved by Cord Blood Stem Cells
As reported by Fox News

Woman was diagnosed with leukemia after she battled breast cancer. She then decided to undergo a treatment with umbilical cord blood stem cells – and the procedure saved her life, KNSD-TV reported.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:41 AM

Stem Cells Speed New Cures

Scientists are trying to use stem cells in three ways: 1) In the laboratory, to create an infinite variety of living human cells to better test the disease-fighting ability of new drugs in test tubes; 2) As patch kits, with cells injected to repair injured...
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Friday, March 28, 2008 5:06 AM

Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Therapy May Reduce Signs & Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease

Targeted immune suppression using human umbilical cord blood cells may improve the pathology associated with Alzheimer's disease, a new study in a mouse model of this currently untreatable neurodegenerative condition reports. Full Article
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Monday, June 25, 2007 1:47 PM

Banking Umbilical Cord Blood Offers Hope

Heidi Hora, 29, of Cedar Rapids, lost her father to Parkinson's disease. Two grandparents had cancer and a third had Alzheimer's. Hora holds out hope that researchers one day will find cures for those diseases. She hangs much that hope on stem cell research...
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Sunday, March 18, 2007 2:46 PM

More Researchers See Cord Blood's Potential

It sounds like a science-fiction fantasy come true. The idea that a few ounces of fluid leaking from an umbilical cord at birth could mean the difference between life and death seems unreal, yet the stem cells found in cord blood have shown the potential...
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