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What is cord blood banking? Should parents store their child's cord blood stem cells? What does it cost? How do you donate? This article series has the answers.

Parents have the option of storing their newborn's cord blood at a private cord blood bank or donating it to a public bank. Here's information on both options.

Evidence that stem cells from umbilical cord blood is a rich resource is quite clear. What is unclear is whether private storage is a wise investment for parents.

Cord blood collection is an easy process and cord blood storage is reliable should leukemia or other conditions arise. The cost of cord blood banking is small.

How are stem cells stored? How can you donate your baby's cord blood to a public bank? What happens when the cells are needed for transplant? Here are the answers.

Umbilical cord blood banking has gained popularity in recent years, as a baby's cord blood stem cells can be used to treat cancer and other diseases in baby or siblings.

Parents of newborns can choose to store the umbilical cord blood of the newborn for possible future medical use for the child.

Public cord blood banking is an inexpensive way for families to preserve a child's umbilical stem cells. These cells go into a public bank for research and treatment.

Currently, more than 200,000 units of cord blood are stored by public and private cord blood banks. Read on to find out why it is saved and how to donate.

The blood which flows from the placenta into the umbilical cord is rich in stem cells. Saving cord blood is a step parents can take to help their child in the future.

Umbilical cord blood is a tissue that contains stem cells. Umbilical cord blood banking can replace bone marrow collection when these cord stem cells are needed.

Stem cells can be extracted from your baby's umbilical cord blood and stored for future medical need. Find out how cord blood is collected and banked.

Umbilical cord blood contains stem cells that can be used to treat blood related disorders later in the child's life.

Television shows and literature lead us to believe that umbilical cord blood can be life saving. What are the benefits and controversy surrounding cord blood?

Umbilical cord blood is easy to harvest. The stem cells found in this blood can now be used to treat over 40 diseases. This article includes a list of those diseases.

These special somatic cells are primitive, undeveloped research darlings that have the remarkable potential to differentiate into many different cell types.

The need for stem cells as a treatment for disease is growing today. New research shows that the amniotic membranes of the sac contain stem cells.

Dr. Jason Collins of the Pregnancy Institute in Louisiana has spent the last twenty years studying SADS in relation to umbilical cord anomalies...

Affecting 1 in 100,000 people born in both the United States and in Europe, Krabbe Disease can lead to death before the age of 2.

Most parents expect to have their newborn's umbilical cord clamped and cut shortly after birth. But there may be reasons to wait until the placenta delivers.

In normal development, the umbilical cord has two arteries and one vein. In cases of single umbilical artery, one of these fetal blood vessels is missing.

The afterbirth or placenta, sometimes viewed as unsightly, is regaining acceptance for medicinal use or in post-birth rituals to celebrate the baby's arrival.

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A study in New Jersey has found that traffic pollution might affect the development of babies in the womb, U.S. researchers have warned.

Free from the controversy associated with embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells are readily available and show benefits for autoimmune disorders and various cancers.

Ultrasound scans, blood samples, amniocentesis, Doppler tests are essential to track fetal development and optimise the health of mother and baby during pregnancy

An examination of the scientific research suggests that eating chocolate while pregnant may have health benefits for mother and baby.

Down Syndrome, also called trisomy 21, is a serious chromosomal disorder that causes limitations and abnormalities in affected children. The range of severity can vary.

Learn how to make a birthing plan; birth plans are one of the first steps to preparing for childbirth.

Everyone has a toxic burden comprised of industrial toxins. Reducing one's toxic burden reduces the risk for autoimmune disease as well as disease flares.

Stem cell therapies are used to treat chronic and congential conditions and promise a future bright with hope too in cosmetic treatments. But just not yet.

Folate has become a cornerstone of pregnancy nutrition, but the questions of why, when and how much are confusing. Read the facts about folate and vitamins in pregnancy.

On 3/9/2009 President Obama of the USA issued a Presidential Order that permits federal funding for studies of embryonic stem cells. What is the meaning and significance?