Parents who are deciding whether to bank their baby’s cord blood have so many sources of information, but often don’t know what to believe. While cord blood bank sites can be valuable sources of information, they are first and foremost developed to sell the company’s services so might be considered biased. There is an unbiased …
Continue ReadingWhat About My Doctor?
We are often asked by parents what happens if a physician does not know how to collect their baby’s cord blood. While this is becoming less likely as more and more doctors gain experience with collection, it is still a concern for many patients. The great thing is that parent’s don’t need to worry about …
Continue ReadingWhat Happens if you Misplace My Baby’s Cord Blood
Parents often ask what happens if we lose their baby’s cord blood. All our cord blood records are kept on a centralized secure computer system which is both backed up by our own server and kept off site in 2 separate locations. Patient records are maintained according to the mother’s name and date of birth …
Continue ReadingCochlear Repair
I read an interesting article on using cord blood to restore hearing. A group of scientists in Italy are researching the use of stem cells to repair hearing loss due to cochlear damage. The scientists have shown that following transplantation of human umbilical cord blood stem cells, a small number of the cells migrated to …
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