Once tossed in the trash, umbilical cords are now thought to help kids with a host of ailments. So why aren't more of them being saved?
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...
In placental mammals, the umbilical cord (also called the navel string , birth cord or funiculus umbilicalis ) is a conduit between the developing embryo or fetus and the placenta. During...
Is banking your baby's cord blood a good idea? WebMD investigates the pros and cons.
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Umbilical blood can be a valuable treatment for rare diseases. But that doesn’t mean you need to pay thousands of dollars to bank your baby’s.
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.
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?
Banking the umbilical cord tissue is a medical decision based on its potential future medical benefits. Learn more about cord tissue banking!