Snow sport athletes are custom to ice cold weather, but now they are turning to a totally new type of freezing: the cryogenic preservation of their baby’s cord blood. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity enables parents to capture and store the building blocks a...

Down’s syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by an abnormality, involving chromosome 21. The condition results in impaired cognitive development and a distinctive physical appearance. Scientists don’t yet truly understand the underlying cause of Down’s syndrome and in...

For over four years Cells4Life has offered the additional option of storing umbilical cord tissue stem cells alongside those found in the cord blood. But what is so special about these cells and why could it be important to preserve them? The benefits of storing...

Football is sport loved across the country with young boys and girls taking part in the sport from a young age; developing a passion for a sport, which they will most likely take with them into adulthood. As the nation’s favourite sport, football is played and enjoyed...

Professor Joanne Kurtzberg is a world-renowned researcher based at Duke University. Her career has spanned decades and contains many pioneering medical landmarks: from the first cord blood transplant in the late 1980s, to her current research into the application of...