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Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation Introduces New Brochure During Cord Blood Awareness Month to Address Critical Education Gap
Date:7/7/2009

stand why cord blood should be preserved and why allowing these cells to be thrown away as medical waste should be a last choice option."

Dr. Verter founded the Parent's Guide to Cord Blood in 1998 after her daughter Shai died of leukemia. What started as a small community service, has grown to become one of the leading parent resources on all aspects of cord blood banking. In 2007, the Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation incorporated as a non-profit organization, making all donations fully tax deductible. The foundation's website, ParentsGuideCordBlood.org, has held one of the top Google ranks for cord blood banking information for the past decade. It currently averages a half million hits per month.

The release of the brochure expands the educational mission of the foundation beyond the Internet, into birthing classes and physician's offices. To date, 16 states have passed laws to improve cord blood education during pregnancy, and to encourage physicians to take an active role in educating expectant parents about the options for banking cord blood. A federal bill sponsored by Representative Jackie Speier is currently under consideration in Congress. The brochure from the Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation was created to meet the educational requirements of these public policy initiatives and can be distributed by physicians and other healthcare providers.

About Cord Blood

The blood that remains in a newborn's umbilical cord immediately following birth contains a diverse population of stem cells that have distinct characteristics and benefits compared to other sources of stem cells. Since cord blood stem cells are immunologically younger than other "adult" stem cell sources, they demonstrate more versatility and flexibility when used in transplantation. In addition, cord blood stem cells have demonstrated embryonic-like capabilities to prolif
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