Jun 5, 2007 / 10:30 am
The Cord Blood Registry, a blood bank in San Bruno, has launched a nationwide campaign to increase public awareness of cord-blood preservation.
The blood bank is proposing the collection and storage of umbilical-cord blood for future use. Collecting cord blood takes only a few minutes, and is painless and risk-free to the baby and the mother.
“The goal of this campaign is to help expectant parents better understand the significance of banking cord-blood stem cells,” said Stephen Grant, executive vice president and co-founder of Cord Blood Registry, in a press release.
For example, a two-year-old boy recently received a transplant of his own cord blood stem cells to treat his type 1 diabetes.