The umbilical cord delivers vital nutrients from your body to your baby, and ferries away the waste your baby produces. It ...

Umbilical cord blood (UCB) as a source of hematopoietic stem cells for transplantation is limited by the low number of cells and delayed engraftment. UCB cells are infused i.v. for transplantation ...

The variable decelerations associated with a widened difference between the umbilical artery and vein cord values indicate the presence of a coincident umbilical vein occlusion.

Cord blood is the blood in your baby's umbilical cord and your placenta. It houses potentially lifesaving cells called stem ...

In the fall of 1988, Matthew Farrow, a 5-year-old boy with a rare blood disorder, received the world’s first transplant of umbilical-cord blood from a newborn sibling. It worked: Farrow was ...

A Wall Street Journal analysis found problems in the loosely regulated private umbilical cord blood banking industry, including dirty storage conditions, leaky blood samples and firms going out of ...

Cutting the Umbilical Cord After the cord is cut, you will see a gelatinous stump with three small blood vessels in the middle. Since there is no longer a blood supply to nourish it, the umbilical ...

Discover how umbilical cord blood infusions offer a promising treatment for elderly acute myeloid leukemia patients, enhancing recovery and providing anti-aging benefits.

Umbilical cord blood contains proteins that could help clinicians identify infants that are at risk of premature birth, according to new research published in Scientific Reports. The care of preterm ...

Patients who receive umbilical cord blood transplants for blood cancers now live equally long regardless of their race, new research from UVA Cancer Center shows.

Umbilical cord blood biomarkers of early onset sepsis identified in preterm newborns by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors ...

Drew Barrymore recently revealed that she saved blood from both of her daughters' umbilical cords in order to salvage their stem cells after being told by her doctor that it could potentially be a ...