Press Release Summary = Umbilical Cord Blood Banking website at
http://www.umbilicalcordbloodbanking.biz provides extensive information and articles
about banks that recruit expectant mothers to donate their baby\'s umbilical cord
blood for transplants.
Press Release Body =
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
12/09/2005
Beverly Hills, CA - Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Information Now Available Online
Umbilical Cord Blood Banking website at http://www.umbilicalcordbloodbanking.biz
provides extensive information and articles about banks that recruit expectant
mothers to donate their baby\'s umbilical cord blood for transplants.
More mothers-to-be are learning about and choosing umbilical cord blood donation as
a way to help patients in need of a blood cell transplant. Because cord blood
donation is still a growing field, not all hospitals receive cord donations at this
time.
In California, Hospitals that collect Cord Blood include:
StemCyte International Cord Blood Center
Alta Bates Medical Center
Oakland, CA
(866) STEMCYTE
http://www.stemcyte.com
Children\'s Hospital of Orange County Cord Blood Bank
St. Joseph\'s Hospital of Orange
Orange, CA
(714) 516-4335
http://www.choc.org
StemCyte International Cord Blood Center
Citrus Valley Medical Center - Queen of the Valley
West Covina, CA
(866) STEMCYTE
http://www.stemcyte.com
Great Resources for Mothers:
1. The Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute Sibling Donor Cord Blood Program.
This is a national program designed to provide a unique treatment option to families
with children suffering from leukemia, lymphoma, other cancers, sickle cell disease,
thalassemia or other transplant-treatable diseases.
When a family with a child who might benefit from a cord blood transplant is
expecting another child, our program facilitates collection of the baby's umbilical
cord blood at the time of delivery. After collection, the blood is transported to
our stem cell bank where it is analyzed and stored. If-and when-the cord blood unit
is needed for transplantation in the affected sibling, our program transports the
unit to the transplant center for use.
2. New Jersey to create storage bank for umbilical cord blood
New Jersey plans to create a storage bank for umbilical cord blood to aid stem cell
research, a program that state officials said will be the first of its kind in the
nation.
Two nonprofit community blood banks will accept donations from healthy newborns made
with parents' permission. Under the one-year pilot program, the blood will be used
for treatment of illnesses, such as leukemia, or to conduct research.
Web Site = http://www.umbilicalcordbloodbanking.biz/
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