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 ...

Cord blood banking is a topic that has gained significant attention in recent years, especially among expectant parents. Cord blood is the blood that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta after a ...

Choosing a private cord blood bank is an important decision for new parents and healthcare professionals. With the rise of regenerative medicine, cord blood banking offers a proactive way to preserve ...

Millions of parents have paid to bank blood from their infants’ umbilical cords. But storage companies have misled them about the cells’ promise. By Sarah Kliff Pregnant women are bombarded with ...

One of the first acts of love that can be done in the name of a newborn is to donate the infant's umbilical cord blood. Cord blood contains stem cells, "master cells" that produce the various types of ...

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 ...

‘I donated umbilical cord blood, and another mum’s donation saved my daughter’ - Cord blood is rich in stem cells, and can be used to treat cancer, immune conditions and genetic disorders.