Congress is working to provide an additional five years of funding to the federal programs which oversee donations and banks ...

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 ...

Drew Barrymore kept blood from both her daughters' umbilical cords. Stem cells can be used to treat conditions including some cancers and immune system diseases. But it costs a lot and it's unlikely ...

Many mothers are eligible to donate or privately store their baby’s umbilical cord blood and tissue to help save lives. David Soll, a gynecologist and obstetrician at Banner Health, believes the ...

Since the establishment of the first public cord blood bank in New York in 1992, a rising number of donors have given their child’s umbilical cord and placenta blood to banks in the growing ...

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 ...

LISBON, Portugal — Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) could eventually be diagnosed in umbilical cord blood samples taken at birth, potentially allowing people with the disease to be treated long ...

IN TONIGHT’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, IF YOU’RE INTO YOUR SECOND TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY, YOUR DOCTOR MAY HAVE TALKED WITH YOU ABOUT CORD BLOOD BANKING. THAT’S WHEN YOUR BABY’S UMBILICAL. CORD BLOOD IS ...

It’s been touted as a miracle “insurance” — but some experts say blood banking may not be worth the money and time. Drew Barrymore recently revealed that she saved blood from both of her daughters’ ...

Austin, TX, USA, Aug. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Custom Market Insights has published a new research report titled “Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Market Size, Trends and Insights By Storage Type ...

A Veldhoven-based anesthesiologist allegedly administered illegal experimental umbilical cord blood transfusions to more than ...