During pregnancy, many women are asked whether they plan to bank their baby’s cord blood. Once considered a waste product, umbilical cord blood contains stem cells that can be used to treat certain ...

Dr. Randal Wada, a pediatric oncologist, is the founder of the Hawai‘i Cord Blood Bank. Cord blood, like bone marrow, is rich in special stem cells used in transplants for patients with fatal diseases ...

Despite the passage of legislation five years ago that authorized creation of the state’s first public umbilical-cord blood collection bank, organizers say any state-sponsored effort to collect cord ...

When Matt Farrow was taken to Paris 29 years ago, umbilical cord blood transplants were an experimental procedure. His parents took the then-5-year-old to France because that was the only place where ...

Researchers revealed on Tuesday that an American, described as a middle-aged woman of mixed race, has likely been cured of HIV after undergoing a new transplant procedure using donated umbilical cord ...

A two-year study of expectant mothers in Milan, Italy, has found that cord blood donations increased significantly when parents received information about the procedure and 'prompts' to indicate their ...

Having a baby can completely change your life. Did you know, however, it could change someone else’s life if you consider donating your baby’s cord blood after he or she is born? Cord blood is a rich ...

A bill written by local Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) that would establish a statewide public umbilical blood collection program to promote the life-saving potential of stem ...

Cord blood banking is a relatively new option for pregnant women, and one that has significant health benefits for a child as well as for immediate family members. The blood from the umbilical cord is ...