GUEST POST: Hawaii Cord Blood Bank – Sharing the Gift of Life
The Hawaii Cord Blood Bank (HCBB) is an independent, non-profit community service organization which began operations in 1998 as a means to help the challenge of finding donors for Hawaii’s ethnically...
View ArticleGUEST POST: Hawaii Sees High Percentage of Multi-Ethnic Cord Blood Donors...
Although founded to serve the people of Hawaii to fill the critical need for cord blood from multi-ethnic donors, HCBB has also proven to be a valuable resource for patients of Asian, Polynesian, or...
View ArticleLoving Letter from Doctor & Father of Three Kids
Dear fellow parents and expectant parents, As a physician and father to three young daughters, I am aware of the vast potential of cord blood. My wife and I have chosen to bank the cord blood of each...
View ArticleNEWS: CBR, Viacord and CryoCell Compared by BioInformant
Big names like CBR, Viacord and CryoCell International tend to dominate the cord blood industry. But, . . . The truth is the cord blood industry is vast and complicated. Beyond Cord Blood Registry /...
View ArticleNEWS: CryoSave, CryoHoldco and China Cord Blood Corporation Compared by...
Groups like CryoSave, CryoHoldco and China Cord Blood Corporation dominate the international scene of the cord blood industry. Outside of the US, private cord blood banks often cross international...
View ArticleNEWS: Nebraska 1st Ever Double Cord Blood Transplant to Treat 13-Year Old...
Ready to smile? This week young Joseph Cruz, or “J-Money” as one of the nurses call him, has received a double cord blood transplant to treat Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Doctors at the Nebraska...
View ArticleTwo Kids Fight Cancer & Cerebral Palsy with Cord Blood (as seen in USA Today)
For USA Today, Save the Cord Foundation was recently asked to speak about treatments using cord blood to treat cancer and cerebral palsy. We took this opportunity to introduce readers to two amazing...
View ArticleCord Blood Experts Discuss Educational Approaches for Parents, Health...
Save the Cord Foundation recently had the honor of attending Cord Blood World Europe 2017, part of the World Advanced Therapies & Regenerative Medicine Congress and World Precision Medicine...
View ArticleA Father’s Story: Cord Blood Saved His Son’s Life
Erik Praskins spoke about his son’s battle with leukemia at the Arizona Cord Blood Conference 2017 held in Phoenix, Arizona. His story is not unique yet, it is hard for many of us to imagine. Watch...
View ArticleCord Blood Used to Treat Child with Hurler Syndrome, Genetic Disorder
Meet Lyla Edgington. Lyla was first diagnosed with Hurler Syndrome (MPS Type I) on April 4th, 2016 when she was just 7 months old. Her doctors said she needed a stem cell transplant and that cord...
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