You'll make a lot of choices during pregnancy – big, small, and everything in between. One decision that tends to fly under the radar but can have real, long-term impact? What to do with your baby's ...

Umbilical cord and placenta blood, often referred to as “cord blood,” is the blood that is collected from the umbilical and placental tissue at birth. Once stored in “banks,” its stem cells can be ...

The umbilical cord — the lifeline between mother and baby — was historically discarded as medical waste after birth. Today, an increasing number of parents are choosing to preserve the cord blood for ...

Umbilical cord blood banking is useful due to its role in transplantation. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) possess the ability to reconstitute any blood cell type, offering the potential to treat ...

In reality, though, “private banking takes a donation away if the people had a public option,” said Fran Verter, a scientist and consumer advocate who started the Parents Guide to Cord Blood ...

A bipartisan group of state legislators says that Connecticut is moving closer to becoming the latest state to participate in a national effort to bank umbilical cord blood, a source of valuable stem ...

Lab operations manager Beth Mapother reaches into a dewar at the Cord Blood Registry offices in Tucson, Ariz. The growing number of parents who bank their children’s cord blood believe it is a form of ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Cord blood banking is the storage of a baby's cord blood immediately after birth. After ...

OLDSMAR, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cryo-Cell International, Inc. (CCEL) (“Cryo-Cell”), the world’s first private cord blood bank to separate and store stem cells in 1992, announced today that its Board ...

OLDSMAR, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cryo-Cell International, Inc. (CCEL) (NYSE American LLC: CCEL ) (the “Company”), the world’s first private cord blood bank to separate and store stem cells in 1992, ...

OLDSMAR, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cryo-Cell International, Inc. (NYSE American LLC: CCEL ) (the “Company”), the world’s first private cord blood bank to separate and store stem cells in 1992, announced ...