A safe, quick, and painless collection
How are umbilical cord stem cells collected?
Inform your OB that you will be banking your baby's cord blood, cord tissue, and/or cord lining.
Step 1
4 tubes of maternal blood
Step 2
The baby is safely delivered
Step 3
The umbilical cord is clamped
Step 4
The umbilical cord blood is collected
Step 5
A segment of umbilical cord is collected
If cord lining is being collected
Step 6
Picked up and delivered to Cordlife laboratory
Step 7
Cordlife Laboratory
Why save your baby’s umbilical cord blood, cord tissue and cord lining?
Rich source of
stem cells
Your baby’s umbilical cord has the youngest and most active stem cells compared with other stem cell sources such as embryo, bone marrow, and peripheral blood.
Proven use in
transplants
More than 80 diseases can potentially be treated with cord blood, and over 60,000 transplants have taken place worldwide.
Untapped
clinical potential
Researchers all over the world are learning how to use stem cells to treat more diseases and repair damaged tissue or organs.
Treatment options
for the family
The stem cells you stored are a perfect match for your baby, and they could be used to treat other members of your family.
Readily available
for a lifetime
Stem cells can be kept indefinitely if they are properly stored, and you can retrieve them whenever you need them.
