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Our beautiful son was born a few days ago and the process of donating his Umbilical Cord Blood couldn’t have been easier! Minus the fact that we almost forgot about giving the doctor the kit on time We got so caught up in the moment but luckily my husband remembered in time. It was actually FedEx that came and picked it up. I will definitely be donating again and hope that you too will consider doing the same. I had a lot of people at the hospital tell me how great they thought it was and how they didn’t know you could so hopefully this will start a wave of others who are willing to donate. Thanks to Cryobanks Int’l for making the process to simple.

I was so excited to turn on the Today Show and see a segment on Stem Cell Banking. They were discussing if it was really worth paying to have your child’s stem cells privately stored. The Doctor they were interviewing said that Public Banking was a much better option. This is because it is very expensive to privately store, the stem cells aren’t “recommended” for use on that child, if intended for a sibling there is only a 1 in 4 chance that the cells will match, it is unlikely that the cells will be needed at all and it is unknown exactly how long the cells are good for.

With Public Banking these cells become available to those who need it regardless of ability to afford it. The more people who donate, the more matches become available. I am having my baby in a week and am so excite to participate in becoming a stem cell donor. It has been a very simple process so far. Cryo International
Thank you Today Show for bring awareness to this very important issue.

    According to a recent study published in Stem Cells and Developments March issue, umbilical cord stem cells have been found to reduce the progression of Alzheimer’s. This has only been researched with mice.

“The scientific community has only skimmed the surface in uncovering the many potential therapeutic uses for cord blood stem cells, and this new research in Alzheimer’s disease may pave the way for discoveries around the use of these cells for a host of neurodegenerative and other chronic conditions,” stated Mercedes Walton, chairman and CEO of Cryo-Cell International.

This is encouraging  news for anyone who has known someone who has suffered from this horrible disease. This runs in both sides of my family and I have hope that these treatments will be available for my mom and the following generations. It would be wonderful to make this a disease of the past along with the many other disease that stem cells have the potential to treat.

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In a recent article I read it has been projected that 1 in 200 people will need a stem cell transplant. More than 75 conditions can currently be treated with umbilical cord stem cells. In the past 17 years over 10,000 people have been treated with stem cells. For the full article click here .

This is the cord blood collection kit I was sent to donate my babies cord blood. The instructions are pretty simple. All I have to do is take this with me to the hospital, have the Doctor collect the umbilical cord blood, call the company to come and get the donation. So far the donation process has been an easy and positive one. I encourage anyone who is thinking about doing this to do it. I will post again after the cord blood has been donated.