VSO Archive VSO Archive VSO Archive VSO Archive VSO Archive reprinted from the Online Archive of Vital Signs Magazine. Stem cells, the body s master cells, are produced within the bone marrow and can be used instead of bone marrow to treat diseases, such as leukemia.
Parents have one opportunity to save cord blood when their babies are born.
Cryo-Cell is the oldest and only public company in the business of storing umbilical cord blood has made the service more affordable. According to company President and COO Wanda D. Dearth, Cryo-Cell has a grant covering government assisted people. We can get their collection and first few years of storage for free. The problem is that most people still don t realize the option exists. The umbilical chords of more than 3.9 million of the 4 million babies born a year continue to be thrown in the trash as hazardous waste, Dearth says.