What are your options?

As an expectant parent, you have 3 options regarding your newborn’s precious stem cells.

Preserve

Save your child’s cord blood stem cells for future use by your child or, potentially, a family member. Today, cord blood stem cells can be used to treat over 80 diseases, and have been used in more than 45,000 transplants worldwide to date.

Emerging research is expanding the list of diseases and conditions that may be treatable with cord blood, including:

• Autism
• Cerebral palsy
• Type 1 diabetes
• Acquired hearing loss
• Spinal cord injury

Public Donation

This option is available at certain hospitals with eligibility requirements. Your newborn stem cells would go into a publicly registered blood bank for use by someone else in need.Your family is NOT guaranteed access to your donated cord blood should you ever need it.

Discard

Newborn stem cells may be discarded as medical waste. Once discarded, these cells cannot be retrieved for future use.