“When your baby is born, the blood left inside the umbilical cord is very special. It contains powerful hematopoietic stem cells, which have a 30-year history of helping to save lives through transplant medicine. There’s also exciting research using cord blood for regenerative medicine, which aims to harness the powerful cells inside to help the body heal itself. Both cord blood and cord tissue are rich sources of powerful stem cells. Newborn stem cell preservation is the process of saving the blood and tissue from the umbilical cord, after birth, for potential future use. Cord blood stem cells have been used in the treatment of over 80 conditions as part of a stem cell transplant. Today, stem cell research continues to evolve, bringing new hope to patients and their families. In fact, more than 500 CBR families have already used their preserved cord blood in a stem cell transplant or investigational setting.”

CBR Blog (https://blog.cordblood.com/2019/06/cord-blood-awareness-month-help-spread-the-word/)