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Cord Blood Transplants
Saving Umbilical Cord Blood for Transplant Procedures
The benefits of cord blood transplants are becoming more recognized by the medical community and the general public. But what does this mean for you and your family? If you are an expectant parent, it's important to realize the potential benefits of preserving your newborn's umbilical cord blood. CorCell can help. This website provides a wealth of information relating to cord blood preservation and cord blood transplants. To begin browsing our site, please follow this link to our homepage: Information about Cord Blood Transplants & Collection Procedures.
Preserving Umbilical Stem Cells for Cord Blood Transplants
Umbilical cord blood contains the stem cells that are the basis for the body's immune system. Since the 1960's stem cell transplants have been used to treat numerous diseases and in 1988 the first of many cord blood transplants was performed in a hematopoietic (blood) stem cell transplantation. Since then, more than 3,500 cord blood transplants have been performed worldwide.
By preserving your baby's umbilical cord blood, you are ensuring that valuable stem cells will be available in the future for possible cord blood transplants. In an international review, cord blood transplants to treat the baby's parent, sibling, or cousin had more than twice the success rate of transplants from unrelated donors.
Why Save Umbilical Cord Blood with a Private Cord Blood Bank?
Donating your baby's umbilical cord blood to a public blood bank may help advance medical research relating to cord blood transplants, but public blood banks do not assure that your family will be able to access your donation in the future. CorCell's private cord blood banking facility is designed to allow easy access to your specimen at any time, should the need arise. Learn more about our licensed and accredited storage facility here: CorCell Storage Facility for Cord Blood Transplants.
Cord Blood Transplant Success Stories & Research
As cord blood transplants become a more common medical procedure, cord blood transplant success stories also increase in frequency. At this time, there are numerous diseases that can be treated with cord blood stem cells. To learn more, follow this link: Research on Cord Blood Transplants.
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