Cord Blood Services
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• Left-over umbilical cord blood may help save a life.
• Cord blood may help save those suffering from leukemia and other life-threatening diseases.
• Cord blood may help treat children with inherited diseases.

Did You Know

• Your cord blood is thrown away unless you donate it.
• Donating your cord blood is painless.
• Donating your cord blood is free to you.
• Donating your cord blood is quick and simple.

Before your baby arrives, make a decision that can help save another life.

Each year, thousands of people are diagnosed with life-threatening disease that can be treated with umbilical cord blood donated from healthy newborn babies. But, until now, most umbilical cord blood was thrown away.
 

Donating your baby’s umbilical cord can make a difference.

Today, it’s possible to donate your baby’s umbilical cord blood to help someone else. Umbilical cord blood is extremely useful because it:

• Can be used to treat people with sickle cell disease, leukemia, immune system disorders and other life-threatening diseases.
• Can replace diseased or damaged blood cells with healthy new cells
• Is immediately available for people who need it.
   

Minority Cord Blood Donations Needed

There is a shortage of minority cord blood available for patients in need, which makes it difficult for minorities to find a good match.  American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Black and African American, Hispanic and Latino, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and multiple-race patients face a challenge in finding a match.  Please help us by spreading the word about the need for minority donors.