What is Cord Blood?
Cord blood, the blood that remains in your baby's umbilical cord after the cord has been cut, is a rich source of unique stem cells that can be used in medical treatments.
What is Cord Blood Banking?
Cord blood banking is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to save your baby's cord blood stem cells for potential medical uses. Having cord blood saved can be lifesaving or life-changing for your family, and ensures that these cells are immediately available to your family if ever needed. If you don't choose to bank your baby's cord blood, it will be discarded after birth.
How is Cord Blood Used in Medical Treatments?
Cord blood, like bone marrow, is an invaluable source of a type of stem cell that can be used in a variety of medical treatments to regenerate healthy blood and immune cells in cancer patients.
To date, cord blood stem cells have been used to treat many life-threatening diseases, such as leukemia and other cancers.
Cord blood is showing potential in research to treat conditions that have no cure today—like brain injury and juvenile diabetes.
How is My Baby's Cord Blood Collected?
Collecting cord blood is a simple, safe, and painless procedure that usually takes less than five minutes. Cord blood is collected immediately after your baby is born. After the umbilical cord has been clamped and cut, the remaining blood in the umbilical cord is drawn into a collection bag. The collection procedure is safe for both the mother and baby and can be performed after vaginal or cesarean births. Learn more about CBR's collection, processing, and storage methods.
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How is Cord Blood Stored?
After your baby's cord blood has been collected, it is shipped to CBR's laboratory by an express courier for processing and storage. The cord blood is frozen in CBR's cryogenic storage tanks for long-term preservation.
What is the Cost of Saving My Baby's Cord Blood?
Click here to learn about pricing for cord blood banking.
Know your cord blood banking options and learn the facts about cord blood stem cells such as how they treat many life threatening diseases and are saving lives today.
Learn more at www.cordblood.com/education
- The Cord Blood Registry (CBR)
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