Number 771 (Replaces Committee Opinion Number 648, December 2015. Reaffirmed 2023) ; Committee on Genetics ; Committee on Obstetric Practice ; This Committee Opinion was developed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ Committee on Genetics in collaboration with committee member Britton Rink, MD, MS; and the Committee on Obstetric Practice in collaboration with committee member Russell S. Miller, MD.
Developing more ways to use stem cells to treat disease, more parents are opting to save their newborns' umbilical cord blood as a sort of a 'biological insurance policy.'
There's lots to know about cord blood. Learn the reasons why banking your baby's cord blood might be an option you choose and how to go about doing it.
A cord blood bank is a facility which stores umbilical cord blood for future use. Both private and public cord blood banks have developed in response to the potential for cord blood in treating diseases of the blood and immune systems. Public cord blood banks accept donations to be used fo...
Private cord blood banking is booming around the world – but would it be better to set up more public banks as the uses for umbilical cord blood increase?
Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Market report categorizes the global market by Storage (Public and Private Cord Blood Banks), Application (Cancers, Blood Disorders, Metabolic Disorders, Immune Disorde...
Is banking your baby's cord blood a good idea? WebMD investigates the pros and cons.
Umbilical cord blood used to treat different diseases, though not all, and there are many studies ongoing. Umbilical cord blood…
ET on October 17, 2022 ; In the fall of 1988, Matthew Farrow, a 5-year-old boy with a rare blood disorder, received the world’s first transplant of umbilical-cord blood from a newborn sibling. It worked: Farrow was cured. This miraculous outcome broke open a whole new field in medicine—and, not long after, a whole new industry aimed at getting expecting parents to bank their baby’s umbilical-cord blood, just in case. These days, in fact, being pregnant means being bombarded at the doctor’...
This paper provides advice on various issues related to cord blood banking, including the science, clinical use, safety and legal issues.