Company offers stem cell storage
A biotech company is about to launch its umbilical cord blood cell storage service in the UK. For a fee of £600, parents will be able to store blood stem cells from their newborn baby's umbilical cord for up to 20 years. Blood stem cells, also present in the bone...
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Banking on the future
by Juliet Tizzard
This week's BioNews reports on news that a company has launched a new service offering storage of cord blood to parents of new-born babies. Dubbed 'the ultimate in health insurance', the service will enable children suffering from blood disorders such as leukaemia to receive a blood cell transplant using their...