Q: My 25-year-old daughter is expecting my first grandchild, a girl, and she recently learned she has a two vessel umbilical cord. Her doctor did not explain this in any detail, only mentioning lower ...

Cord blood banking is a topic that has gained significant attention in recent years, especially among expectant parents. Cord blood is the blood that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta after a ...

On the Cause of the Spiral Direction of the Umbilical Vessels, and the Convolutions of the Cord in the Human Foetus. By John Simpson, Esq, F H S C., L H.C.P., Surgeon ...

Millions of parents have paid to bank blood from their infants’ umbilical cords. But storage companies have misled them about the cells’ promise. By Sarah Kliff Pregnant women are bombarded with ...

Q: My fiance and I plan to have kids someday. I was wondering if it would be beneficial to keep our babies’ umbilical cords, which would be full of stem cells. We would like to know how that works and ...

DOCTOR, IF YOU’RE INTO YOUR SECOND TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY, SEE YOUR DOCTOR MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT BANKING YOUR CORD BLOOD AND DOCTOR ROBERT ATLAS IS HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT ...

Umbilical cord and placenta blood, often referred to as “cord blood,” is the blood that is collected from the umbilical and placental tissue at birth. Once stored in “banks,” its stem cells can be ...