The financial umbilical cord remains uncut for half of American families, with parents contributing nearly $18,000 annually ...

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When Jessa Duggar welcomed her sixth baby with husband Ben Seewald, it was a family affair. Jessa, 32, revealed in a video ...

July is Cord Blood Awareness Month, highlighting the benefits of umbilical cord blood for treating diseases like leukemia.

Medipost transitioned from cord blood banking to developing stem cell therapies, focusing on knee osteoarthritis and other ...

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Umbilical cord abnormalities — of which there are roughly seven categories, ranging from cord cysts to entanglements to knots — may account for anywhere from 10 percent to more than 25 percent ...

Transplanted umbilical cord blood can be used to treat or cure more than 80 conditions, from leukaemia to sickle-cell disease. Chris, diagnosed with leukaemia, used blood from three babies he’ll ...

Cutting the cord is a momentous event in a baby's life. For nine months, the developing fetus is attached to its mother by the umbilical cord. Then, moments after birth, that cord is severed.

Similarly, mice treated with human umbilical cord blood performed better on a second memory test. That test involved introducing mice to a chamber and then delivering a little shock to their feet.