A cord blood bank is a facility which stores umbilical cord blood for future use. Both private and public cord blood banks have developed since the mid to late 1990s in response to the potential for cord blood transplants in treating diseases of the blood and immune systems. However, cord blood is not recommended to be harvested for the vast majority of cases.
Can secondhand smoke effect the cells in cord blood? I'm 5 mths pregnant and pple smoke where I work. I'd like to save the cord blood for my baby. But...
My wife has type 1 diabetes. We are expecting our first child and have heard many of the wonderous medical miracles of cord blood. But can the cord ...
My friends and I are having a competition debate on the sales of cord blood. We'd like to know your opinion, either negative, positive, or both sides ...
Explain this statement: If more people would donate the cord blood then we wouldn't have to use the embryonic cells. What does this mean, and if it's ...
My fiance and I are expecting in July and trying to decide if we should save our babies cord blood. My father recently passed away from a disease tha...
Where do they keep the blood? How do you know its safe? How much does it cost? Why did you or didn't you choose cord blood banking? How do you kno...
I see ads all over the place for companies that bank cord blood, but nothing about the average cost of this. Has anyone looked into it and know how m...
I am due in about 4 weeks, and have been interested in Cord Blood Banking for research developement purposes. All of the private banks cost to much (...
I was just wondering about cord blood banking. I would appreciate any opinions on it. What it is. Whose done it and how much it costs. I think it soun...
We are looking through information for various companies, but there are so many out there, it's difficult to make a decision. Do you have any exp...
We're expecting our baby at the end of December. I've been reading information on banking your baby's cord blood. It seems like it has the possiblity ...
In any cord blood bank which equipments are used to store the cord blood??? What procedure do they conduct before storing the samples
I'm interested in cord blood banking and I feel a bit rushed in the decision making process. I went for my hospital tour today and it was really t...
I'm doing a research paper on cord blood banking. Does anyone know of any websites that describe how cord blood banking is done? Thanks!
We're pretty sure we want to bank our baby's cord blood. Any BTDT moms who have already done this? Who is the best? Who should we go with? An...
When my son was born we had his cord blood banked, I'm just wondering if anone else has done this and how long can t be kept for?And what if the s...
With its use in stem cell research, will banking cord blood be a new craze or maybe even a necessity? And if it is up & coming, then will insurance co...
It is very important for me to have my baby's cord stop pulsating before cutting it. I've been looking into cord blood banking, but don'...
I'm 27 weeks pregnant and my husband and I are trying to decide if we should save the umbilical cord blood. We feel that it might be a good decision ...
Why are immune cells extracted from umbilical cord blood better for transplantation than those in child or adult bone marrow? a.They are denser and t...
as i know, umbilical cord blood can created stem cell that can be cure to many disease. it is because it can combine with other stem cell without prob...
a Nurse told me they could retrieve four times the amount of usable cells from the umbilical cord blood (usually discarded as the after-birth) in comp...
With its use in stem cell research, will banking cord blood be a new craze or maybe even a necessity? And if it is up & coming, then will insuranc...
I've been receiving the information about "cord blood bank" and such. I also heard you can donate the cord blood as well. I am curious if ...
I've heard that letting your baby enjoy the last few pumps of cord blood before you cut it is very beneficial. In fact, the younger generation of doc...
I've heard a lot of mothers talk about this but frankly I don't know much about it and everything I've researched is very vague. Thank you very much. ...
Explain this statement: If more people would donate the cord blood then we wouldn't have to use the embryonic cells. What does this mean, and if it's ...
anybody here has even benefited from cord blood banking?
I can see the benefits of cord blood banking, im just concerned about the price. How does the billing work... I know there is a collection cost. How m...
My neice is going to be born and I am thinking of using part of my student loan money to pay to save her cord blood because her mother, my brother, no...
My hospital gives me the option of donating cord blood. This is apparently different from cord blood banking since the cord blood can be used by anyon...
They take the blood...Where does it go, does it cost money, is it really beneficial? How does it work?
Im 13 weeks pregnant and seriously thinking of donating my babies cord blood, when the time comes. Has any of you done it? What do you think about it...
Any difference or is it exactly the same thing?
Has anyone here donated or banked their cord blood? I've been looking at information online and am interested. My hospital also participates in cord b...
My brother became a paraplegic in 2004 in a motor-vehicle accident. I've been trying to research cord blood donation and I have found that it "co...
I'm finally going for my postpartum checkup today about 2 or 3 weeks late for it, but I'm going. lol. anyhow, right after I delivered, I coul...
my credit score is 540 banking my baby's cord blood is very important to me but I don't know that i could afford it without a payment plan. th...
I see ads all over the place for companies that bank cord blood, but nothing about the average cost of this. Has anyone looked into it and know how m...
Anybody did use their services or somebody you know?
My friend mentioned it to me many times, she did it for all her children and thinks this is very important. I am just wondering, is medical research ...
I am looking to donate my baby's cord blood to a bank. My hospital said I need to find a kit and have it ready for donation when I go into the hos...
We're expecting our baby at the end of December. I've been reading information on banking your baby's cord blood. It seems like it has the possiblity ...
I see ads all over the place for companies that bank cord blood, but nothing about the average cost of this. Has anyone looked into it and know how m...
I'm planning on banking my baby's cord blood. So I was wondering what it costs. Has anyone banked their baby's cord blood?
I am due in about 4 weeks, and have been interested in Cord Blood Banking for research developement purposes. All of the private banks cost to much (...
I need the cost details for the cord blood bank...so that is easy for me to have deal with it..
I was just wondering about cord blood banking. I would appreciate any opinions on it. What it is. Whose done it and how much it costs. I think it soun...