Umbilical Cord Blood and Its Uses

Cord blood is actually short for placental blood or umbilical cord blood. When a baby is born and the umbilical cord is cut, there is some blood that stays in the blood vessels of the placenta and the portion...

Stem Cell Banking For Our Future

Cord blood is not blood that comes from the mother, it is blood that comes from the baby,  therefore it is blood in it's most basic form untainted by many of life's pollutants. In fact, it is full of stem...

Store Umbilical Cord Blood (Unless...)

Yep. We're talking about a baby's umbilical cord blood that is collected (after birth, of course!) These cord blood cells are not the same as embryonic stem cells from an embryo. There are a number of benefits to Cord Blood Banking and I recommend for you to store umbilical cord blood, but there are also a number of situations where you just shouldn't bother doing that!

Cord Blood Banking,Costs and Benefits

No one ever wants to think about the unfortunate, but certain measures can help protect your child. Cord blood banking stores stem cells which can treat major diseases. It is still in research stage just imagine the possibilities when the extensive study is over. Read on more for the companies that offer this facility,how it is done and the various associated costs.

Umbilical Cord Blood Banking

Umbilical cord blood banking is a system that facilitates the storage of cord blood for future uses. Since the mid 1990's both private and public storage facilities have emerged due to increased potential of...

All you ever wanted to know about cord blood banking

LifeLine Cryogenics is a nationally renowned cord blood bank providing the highest quality of processing, individual service and more than a decade of experience in cryogenic preservation. We are...

Baby cord blood

Efforts to identify a donor is a lengthy process and must be carried out as soon as a patient has been referred, often before a definitive decision related to transplantation has been made. Usually all...

Banking Cord Blood

Whether to bank their baby's cord blood is a tough decision expectant parents often face. There is very little risk to the health of the baby and mother during the cord blood collection process, but a...

Cord Blood - Private Banking vs Public Donation

Cord blood is the blood that is left in the umbilical cord and placenta after the umbilical cord is cut. In the past it has been discarded, but now it can be collected after the umbilical cord has been cut,...

Cord Blood Banking: Is It for Me