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 ...

We would like to believe that every new father and every new mother wants the same thing: a way to protect their child’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s been touted as a miracle “insurance” — but some experts say blood banking may not be worth the money and time. Drew Barrymore recently revealed that she saved blood from both of her daughters’ ...

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 ...

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 ...

Umbilical cord blood banking is useful due to its role in transplantation. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) possess the ability to reconstitute any blood cell type, offering the potential to treat ...

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 ...