Umbilical Cord Blood Banks

Cord Blood Banking: Not a Clear-Cut Answer

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 01.14.2012

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Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

No sooner do the blue lines show up on a pregnancy test than expectant parents find themselves bombarded with brochures from companies extolling the benefits of umbilical-cord blood banking.

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Umbilical Cord Blood: Save It and Save Lives

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Jon LaPook

Thousands of Americans -- many of them children -- needlessly die annually because they cannot find either a bone marrow or umbilical cord blood match to help treat conditions like lymphoma and leukemia.

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Horses and Stem Cells

Barbara Dehn | Posted 11.17.2011

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Barbara Dehn

Researchers are now recommending that owners and breeders of thoroughbreds consider banking the umbilical cord stem cells from prize race horses.

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