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

In the second part of Jessa Duggar's birth story video, she revealed which of her family members were present for her birth ...

Jessa Duggar welcomed baby No. 6 with husband Ben Seewald as her 16-year-old sister Jordyn-Grace cut the umbilical cord ...

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

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

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 ...

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.