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About Cord Blood

Cord Blood Cells May Offer the Potential for Future Treatments

Umbilical Cord blood is the blood that remains in the umbilical cord after a baby is born and the umbilical cord is cut. It contains red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma, like blood¹. In addition, cord blood is a rich source of stem cells that may have potentially lifesaving benefits for your baby and family.^4,9  

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Cord Blood Banking

Families have several options when it comes to cord blood banking:
1) Privately banking cord blood for the baby or family’s (blood relatives) potential use

2) Privately banking both cord blood and placenta stem cells for the baby and/or family’s (blood relatives) potential use, which may increase the total number of stem cells banked

3) Donating cord blood to a bank that may place it on a registry for a person in need of a cord blood stem cell transplant or for research

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Cord Blood Cells

Cord Blood Cells May Offer the Potential for Future Treatments.  An estimated one in every 200 people will receive a stem cell transplant during his/her lifetime.¹³ That statistic is based on diseases that are treatable with cord blood cells today for hematopoietic (blood forming) reconstitution – or the restoration of blood forming

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