text: ‘Life Cell’ in India has been making the concept of preserving cord blood from newborn popular. It has collaborated with Cryo-Cell International- an American company. . Life Cell has its collections centres in Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, New Delhi, and Chennai. The collected cells are stored at a temperature of –196 degrees centigrade. \n\nThe cost for enrolment at Life Cell is Rs.5000, there is also a Rs.22,000 fee for processing and an annual fee of Rs 2,900 for storage