Modern medicine is always fresh for new ideas, innovations and discoveries on how to better address the current ailments and health concerns.

In 1988, a US hospital found that the blood coming from umbilical cords of newborn babies can potently treat illnesses like anaemia, leukaemia, and other diseases involving the blood and immune systems.

It is because scientific evidences found that cord blood has the ‘protective properties’ developed by the mother’s womb while the baby was still in the womb.

Amazingly, cord blood can be the most-awaited treatment for several diseases that medicine science has been trying to combat through the decades.

Cord blood banks

Amazingly, the promising features of cord blood prompted the emergence and establishment of cord blood banks not just in the US but also in some other countries.

Expectant mothers could opt to donate their infant’s umbilical cord blood to several cord blood banks scattered nationwide. These cord blood banks properly store these donations for future transplants.

In the US, most of the cord blood banks can be found in CA. There are more cord blood banks in CA than in any other state.

Though, the practice of using cord blood to treat diseases is increasingly becoming popular, it can be noted that a cord blood bank is yet to be established in LA and in New York.

Donors and expectant mothers should be wary and careful in donating their babies’ umbilical cords in LA and New York because there are a number of centers, which claim to accept such donations.

To date, such centers are still not properly registered, so better check your local health authorities to get the official listing of legal cord blood banks.