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 ...

For the past 20 years, cord blood stem cell transplants have been used to treat leukemia and other blood diseases in children. Cord blood also doesn't have to be as close of a blood or tissue match as ...

When a baby is born, medical professionals routinely throw away a sick child's potential lifeline. Dr. Hugh Miller of Obstetrix Medical Group, 5301 E. Grant Road, is working to establish the upside of ...

A Brit teen with a rare cancer has had her life saved by blood taken from the umbilical cord of a baby born in Spain 12 years ...

Before you got pregnant, you may not have given umbilical cords much thought. But did you know it's full of cells that could save someone's life? Not to brag, but cord blood is a pretty big deal, and ...

The plan was announced at the 12th Cord Blood Symposium, held by the Chinese Maternal and Child Health Association in Beijing on Saturday. The participating banks — officially approved by the National ...

Cord Blood Registry is a Food and Drug Administration-registered cord blood bank. It stores stem cells from umbilical cord blood or a combination of cord blood and tissue. The stem cell in cord blood ...

Umbilical cord and placenta blood, often referred to as “cord blood,” is the blood that is collected from the umbilical and placental tissue at birth. Once stored in “banks,” its stem cells can be ...

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 ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Cord blood banking is the storage of a baby's cord blood immediately after birth. After ...

Wendy and Steve Grant have made a $100 million business out of something that everyone is born with and is almost always thrown away: stem-cell rich blood from umbilical cords. The Los Altos Hills ...