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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Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:24 AM

First FDA-approved Clinical Trial with Newborn Cord Blood Stem Cells

The framework for this study is supported by a body of research which has shown that cord blood stem cells have the ability to migrate to injured areas in the brain and stimulate repair. Researchers believe that the cord blood stem cells may help initiate...
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Friday, March 27, 2009 11:55 AM

Support from Family Cord Blood Bank on New Federal Legislation

The Cord Blood Registry (CBR) has put it's support forward to a recent bill proposed in the House of Representatives. This congressional piece of legislation "will amend the IRS Code to allow individuals and couples to use tax advantaged dollars to pay...
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008 5:06 AM

Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells: Saving or Using Your Baby?

Last month, a popular medical show spotlighted a parent’s urgency for "miracle" cord blood. The fictional parents have a sweet eight-year-old boy whose life is being cut short by leukemia, and the mother is six months along with another bundle of joy...
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Thursday, September 11, 2008 1:28 PM

Tucson foundation urges parents to save umbilical cord blood stem cells

Did you ever think that a newborn's umbilical cord could be a potential cure for a disease? Current research at the University of Arizona shows that stem cells from cord blood might one day repair a number of medical conditions. But cords are thrown away...
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Thursday, March 06, 2008 5:00 AM

Creating an Umbilical Cord Blood Lifeline

The decision to donate a newborn's umbilical-cord blood is, for many expectant mothers, a simple checkmark on a long list of prenatal choices. But for Noel Beninati, one donor's checkmark offered a lifeline. Last May, Beninati received a transplant of...
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Thursday, February 21, 2008 5:11 AM

High Percentage of Blood Disorder Patients Were Cured or Achieved Remission When Treated with Stem Cells from Their Own Umbilical Cord Blood or a Sibling's

SAN DIEGO--( BUSINESS WIRE )--In a retrospective review of blood disorder patients treated with stem cells from their own cord blood (autologous transplant) or from the cord blood of a sibling (allogeneic-related transplant), the majority of the patients...
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Monday, December 10, 2007 5:00 AM

Cord Blood Registry's (CBR) Designated Transplant Program - Allow Parents to Preserve Their Newborn's Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells Free of Charge

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 10, 2007 - According to the National Marrow Donor Program, on any given day approximately 6,000 patients in this country need a stem cell transplant, but can't find a donor. Many die waiting for a suitable match. Data presented...
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Thursday, August 09, 2007 10:51 AM

Cord Blood Registry® Continues to Help Advance Regenerative Medicine Research

Cord Blood Registry® Continues to Help Advance Regenerative Medicine Research
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Friday, August 03, 2007 10:17 AM

Cord Blood Registry® Ads Have Hypnotic Effect

An unconventional technique led to the counter-intuitive insight behind a campaign for Cord Blood Registry (CBR). Despite high awareness—around 90%—and acceptance of the need for cord blood banking, fewer than 5% of expectant moms bank. CBR knew it faced...
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Thursday, July 05, 2007 10:53 AM

Umbilical Cord Blood Registry Becoming A Major Phenomenon In the Medical Community

Undoubtedly, we have come to a stage where cord blood donation in a cord blood registry has taken up a key role in treating various ailments. Cord blood stem cells from your baby’s umbilical cord are considered the building blocks by the medical community...
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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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Tuesday, May 29, 2007 5:00 AM

Cord Blood Registry® Launches "Heroic" Campain

Cord Blood Registry (CBR), the world's largest and most experienced cord blood stem cell bank, today announced the launch of a national marketing campaign designed to educate expectant parents about the value of preserving the stem cells contained in...
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Sunday, May 27, 2007 5:31 AM

Cord Blood Registry® Campaign Aims to Increase Awareness of the Importance of Banking Stem Cells

Every year in the U.S., about 15,000 people need a stem-cell transplant, but cannot find a suitable donor match. A new campaign by the Cord Blood Registry aims to increase awareness of cord-blood preservation and to save lives. Collecting cord blood takes...
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Thursday, May 24, 2007 5:00 AM

Cord Blood Registry® Launches "Heroic" Campaign

SAN BRUNO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cord Blood Registry (CBR), the world ’ s largest and most experienced cord blood stem cell bank, today announced the launch of a national marketing campaign designed to educate expectant parents about the value of preserving...
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Tuesday, May 08, 2007 10:49 AM

Cord Blood Registry® Provides Highest Recovery of Cord Blood Stem Cells With New Automated Processing System

SAN DIEGO, May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- A validation study presented today at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Annual Clinical Meeting indicated that new automation technology for cord blood stem cell processing, the AutoXpress...
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