There are 4 or 5 companies that will store the blood from the umbilical cord. They range in cost from about $750 to $ 1500. There was an article in the Palm Beach Post this past spring comparing the services. I am sorry that I do not have the reference at my finger tips, but I will try and get it for you if you need it. --- Texas Parkinsonism Advocate <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > If I may add a thought please.... Why not donate the > umbilical cord blood to > research? No expense to the donor and a possibility > of a cure for all of us. > > I can help you arrange the donation. > > Thank you for your consideration. > > Terry Bowers > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ervin McCarthy" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 2:41 PM > Subject: Umbilical Cord > > > > does anyone have any information on umbilical cord > storage? My > granddaughter is going to have a baby and is curious > about the storage. > thank you. > > Ervin > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn