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The primary mission of the Parent's Guide to Cord Blood is to educate parents with accurate and balanced information about cord blood banking and medical therapies. We have expanded to provide education about all newborn stem cells, not just from cord blood but also from cord tissue and the placenta.

Our website hosts the world’s most complete database of cord blood banks, both family and public. The web site explains the motivations for banking umbilical cord blood, and the difference between donating cord blood to a public bank versus paying privately for family storage.

The second mission of the Parent's Guide to Cord Blood is to analyze new developments in medical research or public policy which could expand the use of cord blood.