What is Cryo-Cell International? One of the oldest leading umbilical cord blood banking facilities in the United States, this company is based near Tampa, Florida, and is accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB). What do they do? This company collects, processes, and stores umbilical blood and placental blood so it can later be used [...]
It is postulated that volume reduction of umbilical cord blood units in albumin or dextran before infusion into patients results in improved cell viability. In order to get the best stem cells possible, it is best to take them in the umbilical cord blood. They can then be stored in a cord blood bank or stem cell bank [...]
Stem cells are a hot topic among the medical community, the government, and expecting parents around the nation. The placenta and umbilical cord blood are valuable sources of stem cells-and typically have been discarded as medical waste. The building blocks of blood and the immune system, hematopoietic (blood-forming) stem cells can replenish themselves and transform into other cell [...]
Cord Blood Banking is a term that has been doing the rounds and gaining popularity for almost over a decade now. It is important that we understand what the term “Cord Blood” means. It refers to the blood that comes from the umbilical Cord and the placenta during childbirth. For a long time, it was discarded as waste material. [...]
