Lifeline Cord Blood

Partners in trial include Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, Cord Blood Registry Center for Regenerative Medicine

HOUSTON – (Jan. 5, 2011) – The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has begun enrollment for the first Phase I safety study approved by the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the use of a child’s own umbilical cord blood stem cells for traumatic brain injury in children.

Stem cells are a class of undifferentiated cells that are able to differentiate into specialized cell types. Commonly, stem cells come from two main sources: Embryos formed during the blastocyst phase of embryological development (embryonic stem cells) and Adult tissue (adult stem cells)...

BBC

Explanation of Cord Blood & Blood Stem Cells: A look at life-saving research scientists are doing in to stem cell therapy. Interesting video from BBC show Life Blood.

September 25, 2017

Umbilical cord blood banking has become increasingly popular in recent years, with a number of businesses both public and private offering the service. It’s a relatively new concept, and there’s uncertainty about its overall value and whether it’s worth considering for a newborn child. We discuss the technology, its implementation, and how and why people are opting to store this blood for years — or decades.

This short video from ConsumerAffairs explains how cord blood is collected, processed and stored.