Baby Cord Blood Collection

Umbilical cord blood contains many types of stem cells with an abundance of hematopoietic stem cells hscs.

Baby cord blood collection.

Book now for just 95. Stem cells collected from your baby s umbilical cord at birth can be used to protect your family from over 80 diseases. Cord blood stem cells are the subject of fda regulated clinical trials exploring their suitability for helping those with autism brain injury and other conditions. Cbr has created the world s only collection device designed specifically for cord blood stem cells.

Cord blood is the blood in your baby s umbilical cord. Collected cord blood is cryopreserved and then stored in a cord blood bank for future transplantation. What is cord blood. When researching cord blood banks be sure to choose a facility accredited by the american association of blood banks aabb for handling processing and storing stem cells.

Cord blood collection is typically depleted of red blood cells before cryopreservation to ensure high rates of stem cell recovery. The first successful cord blood transplant cbt was done in 1988 in a child with fanconi anemia. Your healthcare provider does not need to alter the normal birthing process in any way. Cord blood is the blood that remains in the umbilical cord after your baby is born.

Book your baby s umbilical cord blood and tissue collection and save up to 200. Once the collection is complete your baby s cord blood and cord tissue stem cells will be transported to a lab for processing and storage. Stem cells are powerful cells that have the natural ability to turn into other types of cells regenerate renew and replace damaged cells with healthy ones. Umbilical cord blood processing.