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.

You'll make a lot of choices during pregnancy – big, small, and everything in between. One decision that tends to fly under the radar but can have real, long-term impact? What to do with your baby's ...

Private cord blood banking is not cost-effective because it costs an additional $1,374,246 per life-year gained, according to a new analysis by UCSF researchers. The research team also concluded that ...

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 ...

OLDSMAR, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cryo-Cell International, Inc. (NYSE American LLC: CCEL ) (the “Company”), the world’s first private cord blood bank to separate and store stem cells in 1992, announced ...

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 ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Most parents-to-be weighing whether to save their newborn’s umbilical ...

Mikkael Sekeres is the director of the Leukemia Program at the Cleveland Clinic and the author of When Blood Breaks Down: Life Lessons from Leukemia, from which this article is adapted. This story ...

SINGAPORE, July 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CytoMed Therapeutics Limited (NASDAQ: GDTC) (“CytoMed” or “Company”), a Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company focused on harnessing its proprietary ...