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, November 12, 2008 5:00 AM

Baby's Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells Saves Cancer Patient

Leslie Lucio was diagnosed with cancer three years ago. For two years, she went through several chemotherapy treatments and a transplant, but she relapsed. Full Article
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 5:00 AM

Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells Transport Anti-Cancer Drugs Directly to Tumors

Newswise — Kansas State University researchers are working on a method of delivering cancer drugs that promises to be more efficient and reduce the side effects patients have to deal with. The photo shows the human umbilical matrix stem cells loaded with...
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007 10:40 AM

Teens Raise Funds to Further Research into Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation

Fundraising to meet Lance Armstrong Craig Logan has this attitude towards sports competition: “Always do it fully, or don’t do it at all.” For the 15-year-old bicyclist and his friend and fellow bicyclist, 13-year-old Annie Ewart, the phrase is just as...
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Friday, August 31, 2007 5:44 AM

Catholic doctor fights cancer with stem cells from umbilical cords

MAYWOOD, Ill. (Catholic Explorer) – About 10 years ago, Holly Becker's future appeared bright. At 24, she had just graduated from college, moved out of her parents' home and taken a job in sales and marketing. But then something went terribly wrong. DOCTOR...
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Sunday, June 10, 2007 5:20 AM

Research Shows Umbilical Cord Blood Comparable to Matched Bone Marrow

University of Minnesota researchers report that umbilical cord blood transplants may offer blood cancer patients better outcomes than bone marrow transplants, according to an analysis of outcome data performed at the Center for International Blood and...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007 5:11 AM

New Diet & Special Cord Blood Stem Cell Program Proves Sucessful in Killing Off Cancer

Many forms of cancer reprogram themselves so they can thrive in low oxygen. Two methods of exploiting this to kill off such tumors were independently and almost simultaneously developed some 20 odd years ago by a NASA scientist, Dr. Clarence Cone, Jr...
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Monday, April 30, 2007 5:05 AM

How Do Stem Cells Cure Cancer?

The defining properties of stem cells are their ability when they divide to either give further stem cells and/or differentiated (more specialised) cell types. The latter may still be able to undergo a limited number of cell divisions, but they are not...
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