July is Cord Blood Awareness Month, aimed at educating expectant parents about the importance of preserving cord blood, collected from the umbilical cord and placenta after a baby’s birth. This blood contains valuable stem cells that can be frozen and stored in cord blood banks for potential future medical use, following rigorous screening and testing protocols.

The first successful cord blood transplant occurred in 1988 in Paris, France, on a child with Fanconi anaemia, marking a significant milestone in medical history. Since then, cord blood stem cells have been utilized to treat around 70 different diseases, particularly in children, including leukaemia, lymphoma, thalassemia, and immune deficiencies…