Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Banking Service - Richard Branson Launches Virgin Health Bank

... Today sees the beginning of a new era for storing umbilical cord blood stem cells with the launch of Virgin Health Bank.A growing number of parents are banking their child's stem cells - where cells are collected from the umbilical cord blood and stored in a laboratory at extremely low temperatures - in the hope that these cells could be used should their child develop certain blood disorders. [click link for full article] ...