Mum hails cord blood donation after life-saving transplant

A mother who donated umbilical cord blood after giving birth has described how her own daughter's life was saved by a similar ...

'Tiny vial of blood saved my life after rare cancer'

A student who was diagnosed with leukaemia at the age of 16 has credited a "tiny vial of blood" taken from a placenta and ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Access Has Improved for Diverse Patients Needing Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant, but Disparities Remain

Umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT) is vital for patients without matched donors, especially racial and ethnic minorities, despite declining usage due to alternative transplant options. Latinx ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Donating hospitals

There are 29 hospitals in the St. Louis area that collect umbilical cord blood after babies are born and donate the cells to the St. Louis Cord Blood Bank for storage. The blood units can then be ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Legislation seeks to make umbilical cord blood donation easier

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The Spokesman-Review

Ask the doctors: Umbilical cord blood harbors beneficial stem cells

Dear Doctors: My fiance and I plan to have kids someday. I was wondering if it would be beneficial to keep our babies’ umbilical cords, which would be full of stem cells. We would like to know how ...