When a couple banks their infant’s cord blood, they usually sign a contract that either includes 20 years of cord blood storage or guarantees the annual storage fee will not change for a set number of years. Since the technology for cord blood expansion is moving rapidly, most people expect to store their infant’s cord …
Continue ReadingU.S. Military Wants to Use Cord Blood
I recently read an article about the U.S. military looking to cord blood to provide blood transplants to soldiers in the field. The military recently contracted with Arteriocyte to fund research into a machine that will take cord blood stem cells, expand them and convert them to red blood cells. The military expects these red …
Continue ReadingM.A.Z.E. Cord Blood Used to Treat Cerebral Palsy
Following is an announcement that was recently sent out by M.A.Z.E. regarding one of our families. Child Treated with Cord Blood in Experimental Study While pregnant, Danielle and John Centrello decided to bank their baby’s cord blood with M.A.Z.E. Cord Blood Laboratories in Purchase, NY. Not only was M.A.Z.E. close to home, but it offered …
Continue ReadingWhat About My Health Information? Is It Protected?
When parents are registering for cord blood banking, they are required to provide quite a bit of health information to the cord blood bank. Many parents wonder what happens to this information, once it is submitted to the bank. While I can’t answer this for all banks, I can answer it for M.A.Z.E. When parents …
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