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Stem Cell Banking
I receive calls from Viacord throughout the year about updates to stem cell research and to find out if I am happy with their service. ...
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- Hi. I have 5 girls and with my last one (Aug 2007) I decided to bank her stem cells, mainly because breast cancer and skin cancer run in my husband's family. My OB/G...
- Hi D., Congratulations and best wishes for a quick and painless delivery! We donated my daughter's cord blood. Many blood banks are doing this now. It's a s...
- Hi- We used LifeBank USA to bank our daughters cord. We were very happy with them. The customer service was wonderful and the pick up was so easy. My husband just c...
What Did You Do About Cord Blood Banking?
... and they weren't involved in embryonic stem cell research. That was very important to us. At the time, I think the prices were all about the same. ...
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- Please, everyone, make the selfless decision to bank your childs cord. there is not one single reason not to.
- I think it is a joke and heavily marketed as a savior for all diseases that you know. If you read closely, it does NOT give ANY concrete claims and NEVER makes any ...
- Hey there C., we are using CBR (cord blood registry.) I found them to be super helpful with our first and now we will be using them for our second also. Here is a li...
Cord Blood Banking
There are scientific advancements in stem cell research which will probably make cord blood banking obsolete and uneccessary before long. ...
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- WE used CBR as they were better known, been around a long time. I had 2 c-sections and we still have the cord blood. The process is super easy.
- I'm not responding about the cord blood banking but about the artificial route you want to go to have a girl. If you know when you ovulate you have to get together wit...
- Cord blood banking is not something you should be talked into... it is a luxury, and is like a very expensive insurance policy that you will probably never use... much...
Cord Blood Banking
Cord blood is a source of controversy-free stem cells. They can turn into whatever type of .... stem cell research · Cord Blood · blood bank · bank blood ...
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- We used cord blood registry for all 3 of our kids. Collection and shipping went smoothy every time. Ask your friends who collected...most likely if you go with one of...
- We have used Viacord for both of our kids and plan on doing it for out third as well! They are amazing and great customer service!
- I think that Lifebank is excellent. http://www.lifebankusa.com/
Seeking Advice from Mamas on Whether to Bank Cord Blood.
Second, my son had a stroke at some time in utero or shortly there after and now that President Obama supports stem cell research, it may benefit my son one ...
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- We chose not to. The cost to do it, plus the annual on-going cost to maintain it, was not economically logical for us. It made more sense to funnel that money toward...
- When we had our first child we decided against saving it due to the cost. If you can afford it why not?
- I banked our daughters cord blood. I do not agree with the health risk to the child in previous posts. We decided to use Lifebank. In your search to decide to bank ...
Cord Blood Banking HELP!
Their R&D in stem cell research 2. The collection is in multiple bags (so that if cord blood is needed, there is more than one collection to be used ...
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- I used CBR for both of my sons. I have great experiences both times.
- Hi Kim, We bank our daughters blood cord cells thru CBR and so far the experience has been great! They keep you up to date on any new details, via newsletters, phon...
- I would absolutely go with ViaCord. I did a lot of research on cord blood banking when I was choosing it for the birth of my son 2 yrs ago and found that ViaCord is th...
Alternative Treatment for Parkinson
Sep 10, 2009 ... disease gets too badalso maybe look up stem cell research for parkinsons I dont know what your beliefs are butyou can at least research ...
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- C. - I'm the same age and am where you are - wanting something natural to fix things or lessen the symptoms' if nothing else. My disillusion with traditional medicine...
- While I understand your concern for man-made drugs, I am not sure that Parkinson's is one you should shy away from the medications with. My grandmother has had Parkin...
- my grandfather had parkinsons and took medication for it when he was alive he had it since I was born (in 74) and maybe even before that. without medication he couldn'...
Cord Blood Banking
As it turned out, I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis after my son was born, and if stem cell research ever yields a cure, I'll have the cells ready! ...
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- R., I have three boys. With the first two we asked my doctors about banking and they acted like it was a bunch of baloney. Because of the cost and their opinion we cou...
- Hi R., I went with Alphacord for both of my children and thought they were great. Their service is not expensive and there are no hidden costs. Here is their numbe...
- Hi R.. We went through CBR.........Cord Blood Registry and have had a really good experience so far. My friend told me about them and she has had no problems eithe...
Seeking Advise on Whether or Not to Store Cord Blood
I would just be sure and research it completely so you can make a decision and be sure. ... If it came to it, he would have needed a stem cell transplant. ...
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- Hi! We stored my sons cord blood and probably will do it again with our daughter who is due at the end of August. I look at it this way: for $1700 (apx.) you can st...
- we have donated our cord blood. We just couldn't justify the cost of storing it ourselves forever, for a "maybe" we'll use it.
- Our family has no history of any diseases that would warrant cord blood storage. For us, it was too much money for something like that. We opted instead for donation...
Baby Blood Cord Banks
Sep 5, 2009 ... with MS leukemia etc I am a strong believer in stem cell research ... of blood cord research that may help Unfortunately years back we ...
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- C., I would encourage banking it. I never woudl have thought that my daughter woudl be dignosed with leukemia at the age of 28 months old. This was 12 years ago. Cord...
- Donate the Cord Blood. If more people donated, we wouldn't need to store our own. It's free and you feel good about it. Also, you don't even know it's going on when...
- Keep in mind, some Drs get "kickbacks" so they'll push just about anything... that's my thought. It is extremely expensive. My Dr basically said it's very very expen...
