Cord blood is useful due to the stem cells it contains. Unless you want to keep it around for your own personal future use (and pay the recurring storage fee to do so), you'd be better off donating it ...

The umbilical cord — the lifeline between mother and baby — was historically discarded as medical waste after birth. Today, an increasing number of parents are choosing to preserve the cord blood for ...

Four years ago, I banked my daughter's cord blood. When I was pregnant, I saw a poster that read: "Saving your child's cord blood could save your child's life," in my obstetrician's office. An ad on ...

SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- An increasing number of parents who want to do everything possible for their children's health are paying more than $1,300 each to have umbilical cord blood, which is rich in stem ...

When a baby is born, medical professionals routinely throw away a sick child's potential lifeline. Dr. Hugh Miller of Obstetrix Medical Group, 5301 E. Grant Road, is working to establish the upside of ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Global Cord Blood & Tissue Banking Industry Report - Market Size, Segmentation, & Forecasts, 2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. There are ...

Recent medical reports tell of promising results in treating cancers like leukemia by using cells taken from the placenta and umbilical cord of recently delivered babies. Such cord blood transplants ...

Cord blood banking is the storage of a baby's cord blood immediately after birth. After collection, cord blood is frozen and can be stored for many years without degradation. In case, this cord blood ...

On March 4, Medipost announced that its cord blood bank brand 'Celltree' will become the first in Korea to offer a 'storage service for stem cells derived from umbilical cord tissue,' a valuable ...

Two states are suing a major cord blood storage company, claiming it misled parents about the benefits of saving their newborn's stem cells. Texas filed a lawsuit last month against Cord Blood ...

CBB Reader Christina has kindly offered up 11 $100 gift certificates that she has for cord-blood banking storage service, Cryo-Cell, to our readers. We are in no way promoting cord-blood banking or ...