The term “cord blood” is used for blood that is drawn from the umbilical cord and the placenta after a baby is born. Up until recently this afterbirth was discarded as medical waste. Cord blood contains stem cells which may be frozen for later use in medical therapies, such as stem cell transplantation or regenerative medicine.
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Cord blood can either be donated for the public cord or stored privately for the family. Most parents who want to save the cord blood must choose between those two options, and must make the decision a few weeks before the birth. Read more >>
Donate your child's cord blood, at no cost, to help patients searching for a transplant donor: 70% of patients do not have a matching donor in their own family. Cord blood donations are especially helpful to patients from minority ethnic groups, because cord blood donations do not have to be matched as closely as adult donors. Read more >>
Family banks charge parents to store cord blood for the private use of the baby and close relatives. Medical research is developing new therapies where stem cells help the body to repair itself, called regenerative medicine. Families who have their own cord blood in storage may have more medical options later in life.
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Free or discounted cord blood banking is available to parents if a close relative of the baby has a case of medical need. Read more >>
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The term “cord blood” is used for blood that is drawn from the umbilical cord and the placenta after a baby is born. Up until recently this afterbirth was discarded as medical waste. Cord blood contains stem cells which may be frozen for later use in medical therapies, such as stem cell transplantation or regenerative medicine.
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