The umbilical cord — the lifeline between mother and baby — was historically discarded as medical waste after birth. Today, an increasing number of parents are choosing to preserve the cord blood for ...

Four years ago, I banked my daughter's cord blood. When I was pregnant, I saw a poster that read: "Saving your child's cord blood could save your child's life," in my obstetrician's office. An ad on ...

If her social media accounts are any indication, model, cookbook author, television personality, and entrepreneur Chrissy Teigen is a wonderful mother. Many parents regard her as a role model. That’s ...

Umbilical cord blood banking is useful due to its role in transplantation. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) possess the ability to reconstitute any blood cell type, offering the potential to treat ...

We would like to believe that every new father and every new mother wants the same thing: a way to protect their child’s ...

It’s been touted as a miracle “insurance” — but some experts say blood banking may not be worth the money and time. Drew Barrymore recently revealed that she saved blood from both of her daughters’ ...

Moments after Linda Buzan’s son Luca is born, her OB-GYN goes to work. She carefully cuts the white umbilical cord, then clamps it shut before any blood can escape. Once the cord is cleaned, she ...

MARK: JULY IS NATIONAL CORD BLOOD AWARENESS MOH.NT WE’RE EXPLORING ONE OF THE DECISIONS NEW MOTHERS CAN MAKE DURING DELIVERY. ERIN: WHETHER THEY SHOULD SEAV STEM-CELL-RICH UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD. OUR ...

An Australian-first study has found collecting and storing cells from a baby's umbilical cord and later transferring them to a sibling who has cerebral palsy has been found to be safe. The clinical ...

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When Amalia Kessler was pregnant with her first child, Stella, in 2008, she knew she didn’t want to waste the baby’s valuable umbilical cord blood, which can be a life-saving source of stem cells used ...