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Umbilical Cord Blood?

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. The video capsule below titled “Stem Cell Introduction” explains this well.

It is essentially blood from the placenta that happens to be in the umbilical cord on its way out after a baby is born and no longer needs it to survive.

This blood is typically discarded at birth and historically regarded as waste until the 1970s when scientists started investigating whether there was a good use for cord blood…

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Despite rapid advances using a child’s own cord blood stem cells in regenerative therapies to repair damaged tissue due to injury or disease, most pregnant women today don’t learn about the ability to save their newborn’s cord blood. According to read more

Community Blood Services, a not-for-profit organization that supplies blood and blood products to more than 30 hospitals in the NJ/NY region. read full article

The only cord blood bank with 30 years cryogenic experience, AABB accreditation and FDA registration. Highest quality cord blood stem cell banking, stem cell processing and storage read full article

Cord blood banking is a controversial topic. Learn more so that you can decide if you should save your child’s umbilical cord stem cells so that they could be used later if your read more

Legislative floor actions WTTE, OH HB 102 UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD — Regarding umbilical cord blood donations. SB 137 PROMPT PAY — To specify that the Ohio prompt payment law applies to payment of claims by Medicaid managed care organizations for health care services provided to Medicaid …

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Eg ypt will soon witness a very specific medical advancement as a group of private labs are set to open the first umbilical cord blood bank before the end of the year. Working to join the ranks of international life sciences research, the pioneering read full article

Unique perspectives, commentary and information about a unique source of stem cells. Newborn stem cells from umbilical cord blood are saving lives and changing medicine. read full article

Scientists have found that umbilical cord blood may be a new source of organ-growing stem cells. But experts disagree about the future of this potentially life-saving resource. read more

The Texas Cord Blood Bank has added a new hospital system to its statewide umbilical cord blood collection network. Midland Memorial Hospital has become the 12th hospital to join the Texas Cord Blood Bank, a division of the South Texas Blood & Tissue read full article