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, July 18, 2007 5:00 AM

Smith-Davis Amendment Allocates $15 Million to National Umbilical Cord Blood Inventory Program

WASHINGTON, July 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Reps. Chris Smith (R- NJ) and Artur Davis (D-AL) successfully amended a federal spending bill to add millions of dollars for the national program that promotes ethical, life- saving stem cell research...
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007 5:00 AM

Little Brother's Umbilical Cord Blood Helps Girl With Sanfilippo Syndrome

Carrie Reed said her family has been blessed in the past two years since her daughter, Lauren, became the subject of Arizona's first stem cell procedure performed on a child with Sanfilippo syndrome, a rare and fatal genetic disorder. Carrie said Lauren...
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Friday, June 15, 2007 5:09 AM

Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation is Preferred When Dealing With Cancer

Umbilical cord blood transplantation (CBT) is emerging as a popular treatment option for children suffering from cancer and immunodeficiency diseases, Anselm Chi-Wai Lee, Paediatric Haematologist-Oncologist, Children's Haematology and Cancer Centre, Eat...
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007 5:00 AM

Umbilical Cord Blood Matched For Survival

Sasha Laktionov's diagnosis is acute lymphoblastic leukemia. It is his second relapse. But Sasha ignores his diagnosis. The 15-year-old's life consists of motorcycles, computer games and his friends in the oncology unit of the Russian Clinic Pediatric...
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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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