What is Cord Blood?
It is the blood left in the umbilical cord and placenta, after the baby is born and the cord is cut. If parents decide not to donate or bank their baby’s cord blood, the umbilical cord, placenta and residual blood is usually discarded after birth.
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Cord Blood Banking Process
The cord blood banking process begins at birth, with collection in the delivery suite. The collected cord blood will be sent to SCBB's laboratory for testing. If it meets quality standards, it will be further processed and securely stored - for public donation or for your family's future use.
Treatment with Cord Blood
The first cord blood transplant was performed in 1988 on a child with Fanconi Anaemia. Since then, cord blood has become an established and widely-used source of stem cells for haematopoietic stem cell transplants.
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