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 ...

After healthy expectant mothers deliver their healthy babies, they also have a unique opportunity to give others a second chance at life – by donating their umbilical cord blood. After a baby is born, ...

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

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 ...

MENDOTA, Ill. (AP) -- When Julie Truckenbrod of Mendota learned that she was expecting her third child, she read some articles on storing the umbilical cord blood, approximately three to five ounces ...

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Womack Army Medical Center in Fort Bragg is joining a new life-saving treatment for people with leukemia and other blood diseases, which involves blood from an umbilical cord. Womack Army Medical ...

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Alexya Torres was diagnosed with leukemia when she was just 2 years old. She went through 2 1/2 years of treatment, only to relapse six months later on her 5th birthday. She started chemotherapy and ...