The problem of getting blood to patients who need it took a step towards being solved on this day in 1937, when a doctor at ...

Umbilical cord and placenta blood, often referred to as “cord blood,” is the blood that is collected from the umbilical and placental tissue at birth. Once stored in “banks,” its stem cells can be ...

Choosing a private cord blood bank is an important decision for new parents and healthcare professionals. With the rise of regenerative medicine, cord blood banking offers a proactive way to preserve ...

Millions of parents have paid to bank blood from their infants’ umbilical cords. But storage companies have misled them about the cells’ promise. By Sarah Kliff Pregnant women are bombarded with ...

February 25, 2025 - Blood banks provide the vital services of collecting, transporting and supplying blood resources to health organizations in need of emergency blood supplies. As with any medical ...

Redlands resident Ryan Bailey was both “excited and sad” to be donating blood for the first time at a recent blood drive. “As a gay man, I was never able to donate blood,” Bailey, 56, said. “In the ...