Stories from Canadian Blood Services

After each of her three boys was born, Lynn Bates donated their umbilical cord blood

Justin Lau had a stem cell transplant with cord blood stem cells when he was just a few weeks old

After decades of chronic illness, Nadine Law celebrated a milestone birthday thanks to plasma donors

Umbilical cord blood is rich in lifesaving stem cells. Our teams help get it from parents to patients.

Blood, platelets, plasma and his sister’s stem cells all helped Ollie Acosta-Pickering beat cancer

Rebecca and Tyler Munk donated their newborn’s umbilical cord blood, a source of potentially lifesaving stem cells