During pregnancy, many women are asked whether they plan to bank their baby’s cord blood. Once considered a waste product, umbilical cord blood contains stem cells that can be used to treat certain ...

When you are preparing to welcome a baby, your to-do list is already packed; hospital bags, birth plans, baby names, etc. But one thing many parents don’t hear enough about is cord blood banking.

SACRAMENTO — When Anthony Portantino and his wife had their daughter Bella five years ago, they wanted to donate blood from the umbilical cord. But their hospital was not one of the two in California ...

Dr. Randal Wada, a pediatric oncologist, is the founder of the Hawai‘i Cord Blood Bank. Cord blood, like bone marrow, is rich in special stem cells used in transplants for patients with fatal diseases ...

Having a baby can completely change your life. Did you know, however, it could change someone else’s life if you consider donating your baby’s cord blood after he or she is born? Cord blood is a rich ...

Moments after Linda Buzan’s son Luca is born, her OB-GYN goes to work. She carefully cuts the white umbilical cord, then clamps it shut before any blood can escape. Once the cord is cleaned, she ...

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A two-year study of expectant mothers in Milan, Italy, has found that cord blood donations increased significantly when parents received information about the procedure and 'prompts' to indicate their ...

A bill written by local Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) that would establish a statewide public umbilical blood collection program to promote the life-saving potential of stem ...

Cord blood banking is a relatively new option for pregnant women, and one that has significant health benefits for a child as well as for immediate family members. The blood from the umbilical cord is ...