Informational summary and statistical analysis of cord blood banks in the U.S., including donor statistics, availability, benefits and cost.

Many mothers are eligible to donate or privately store their baby’s umbilical cord blood and tissue to help save lives. David Soll, a gynecologist and obstetrician at Banner Health, believes the ...

There are many reasons you might bank or donate your baby's cord blood – here's what to know.

For Torres, who is Mexican, the search led the team to cord blood. While his family did not bank cord blood from a newborn, others preserved it and donated it.

Cord-blood banking has been likened to a “biological insurance policy.” In the U.S., the two biggest private cord blood banks are Cord Blood Registry and ViaCord.

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 ...

Umbilical cord blood, often discarded as medical waste, could provide life-saving treatment to certain patient populations. And a Warrensville Heights-based cord blood center is leading an effort to ...

In this Woman’s Doctor segment, for women in their second trimester of pregnancy, a doctor may have talked with them about cord blood banking.

Douglas Morton, the San Diego Blood Bank's chief executive officer, said that every pint donated "is a story of compassion." ...

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 ...

Cord blood banking sounds like a great idea — until you realize what it costs babies.

With its operations in Qatar set to start soon, Virgin Health Bank-QSTP has demonstrated their commitment to providing high quality ethical cord blood banking to families here by conducting the first ...