Umbilical cord blood banking has become increasingly popular in recent years, with a number of businesses both public and private offering the service. It's a relatively new concept, and there's ...

Also known as placental blood, cord blood is routinely discarded after a birth, along with the umbilical cord and placenta. In cord blood banking, blood is collected either via syringe or a blood bag ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Global Cord Blood Banking Industry Report 2020" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This report presents the number of cord blood units stored in ...

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 ...

The Cord Blood Registry is one of several companies in the U.S. that "banks" a baby's cord blood. Cord blood banking is suddenly seeing an uptick in sponsored content among social media influencers.

Companies and public banks collect and store blood from the umbilical cord and placenta for stem cell transplants to treat blood disorders such as leukemia or lymphoma. Patients can save their tumors, ...

If her social media accounts are any indication, model, cookbook author, television personality, and entrepreneur Chrissy Teigen is a wonderful mother. Many parents regard her as a role model. That’s ...

A Maricopa County judge declined at the moment to decide whether the private blood bank misled parents about potential stem ...

IN TONIGHT’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, IF YOU’RE INTO YOUR SECOND TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY, YOUR DOCTOR MAY HAVE TALKED WITH YOU ABOUT CORD BLOOD BANKING. THAT’S WHEN YOUR BABY’S UMBILICAL. CORD BLOOD IS ...

With a record of more than 2,300 successful transplants, StemCyte has become one of the most experienced providers in the field. The company upholds rigorous standards -- FACT and AABB accreditations, ...

She said the decision is a "potentially lifesaving" way to protect her family. An OB/GYN says that she wishes more parents would consider doing the same. Model and mom Chrissy Teigen recently revealed ...

Lab operations manager Beth Mapother reaches into a dewar at the Cord Blood Registry offices in Tucson, Ariz. The growing number of parents who bank their children’s cord blood believe it is a form of ...