Cord blood stem cells and regenerative medicine discusses the current applications for cord blood stem cells and techniques for banking cord blood cord blood blood from the umbilical cord and placenta of an infant represents an alternate source of stem cells that can be used to treat a myriad of disorders cord blood stem cells are being used more frequently and studied more seriously as evidenced by the explosion of scientific literature on the topic. Umbilical cord blood cb can provide a virtually unlimited source of diverse stem cells that can be used for hematologic transplants as well as in a variety of regenerative medicine applications cord blood units can be frozen and preserved in liquid nitrogen dewars for prolonged periods of time having been frozen in time at the peak of their biological activity multipotent stem cells are available in large numbers in both umbilical cord blood cb and cord tissue ct cb stem cells are . Cbr is advancing potential stem cell uses by partnering with leading research institutions to establish fda regulated clinical trials in regenerative medicine these trials only use cord blood stem cells processed by cord blood registry as a way of ensuring consistent quality these trials are currently underway and results are not yet published. Stem cells in umbilical cord blood could have another purpose regenerative medicine current clinical trials show promise for the use of umbilical cord blood to treat a host of conditions such as