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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

What Is Cord Blood Banking? Cord blood banking is a process of collecting potentially life-saving stem cells from the umbilical cord and placenta and storing them for future use. Stem cells are ...

Plum Deals, a Groupon-esque daily deals site targeted at moms, is offering something really special. It’s something that is worth a lifetime of love, memories and hope. No, it’s not a picture frame ...

Many mothers are eligible to donate or privately store their baby’s umbilical cord blood and tissue to help save lives. David Soll, a gynecologist and obstetrician at Banner Health, believes the ...

Dear Doctors: My fiance and I plan to have kids someday. I was wondering if it would be beneficial to keep our babies’ umbilical cords, which would be full of stem cells. We would like to know how ...

Giving children with type 1 diabetes an infusion of blood saved from their own umbilical cords helped reduce the severity of their disease, U.S. researchers said on Monday. They said the blood — which ...

AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit against CBR Systems, alleging the company misled parents about the medical benefits of umbilical cord blood storage and offered kickbacks to doctors. The ...

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 ...

Has anyone stored their baby's umbilical cord in a cord blood bank? My wife and I are thinking about it. The initial cost is expensive, about $2,000, and there's an annual maintenance of about $100 ...

Holly Becker always wondered about the family that saved her life. On Christmas Eve 1997, at age 24, Becker was diagnosed with stage 4, non-Hodgkin lymphoma. After six months of chemotherapy and ...