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Cord Blood Awareness Month 2015

Cord Blood Aware Cord Blood Donation, family cord blood banking, private cord blood banking, Stem Cell Donation 0 Comment 01/07/2015

July 1st marks the start of Cord Blood Awareness Month 2015. Since July last year there have been some big changes to the availability of cord blood donation here in the UK. Last year there were 14 hospitals equipped to to take umbilical cord blood donations across the UK with services provided by either NHSBT […]

REASONS TO SAVE YOUR CHILD’S CORD BLOOD

1. The stem cells found in cord blood have been used in over 30,000 transplants worldwide including treatments for life-threatening conditions such as Leukaemia, Neuroblastoma & Lymphoma

2. Stem cells in cord blood are being used to treat children with Cerebral Palsy – trials and studies have published promising results for this otherwise incurable condition

3. It is currently estimated that 1 in 3 people will benefit from therapy using family banked cord blood stem cells in their lifetime

4. Stem cells in umbilical cord blood CAN and DO save lives