When her daughter was born, Natasha decided to donate her umbilical cord blood – two years later, her baby was diagnosed with ...

Natasha Kirkpatrick donated her daughter’s cord blood when she was born in 2017. In 2022, she needed a blood donation of her ...

A mother who donated umbilical cord blood after giving birth has described how her own daughter's life was saved by a similar ...

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In the first few minutes after a baby is born, the baby’s umbilical cord (which carries oxygen and nutrients from the placenta to the growing fetus) is cut and usually discarded. But many people don’t ...

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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 ...

A teenager's life has been saved after blood was taken from the umbilical cord of a baby 12 years ago. Lyra Cassell, 20, underwent the unique transplant at the age of 16 after being diagnosed with ...

A treatment to move blood from the umbilical cord into an infant's body may improve the overall health of newborns classified as non-vigorous—limp, pale and with minimal breathing, suggests a study ...