Once parents have decided to go forward with banking their child’s cord blood, an important decision to consider is which type of cord blood bank should donate to; a public or private one? Through the use of marketing tools such as flyers, direct mailings, and parenting magazines, most parents usually find themselves in fix as [...]

Donating your child’s umbilical cord blood is a wonderful way to help someone who needs it. The umbilical cord used to be thrown away when a baby was born.  But these days, blood from the umbilical cord can be collected after your baby’s birth and donated to a public cord blood bank to help someone [...]

In the recent years preserving the umbilical cord blood has become an event of great significance. Doctors and scientists are encouraging parents to store or donate the umbilical cord blood. Until recently, the umbilical cord miracle was not much known to the general populace. The umbilical cord blood is rich in stem cells. The umbilical [...]