For some moms, an umbilical cord is a reminder of their crowning glory — but why are we suddenly seeing preserved placental parts all over social media? When Megan Kilpatrick, 32, was getting ready to ...

Moments after Linda Buzan’s son Luca is born, her OB-GYN goes to work. She carefully cuts the white umbilical cord, then clamps it shut before any blood can escape. Once the cord is cleaned, she ...

MARK: JULY IS NATIONAL CORD BLOOD AWARENESS MOH.NT WE’RE EXPLORING ONE OF THE DECISIONS NEW MOTHERS CAN MAKE DURING DELIVERY. ERIN: WHETHER THEY SHOULD SEAV STEM-CELL-RICH UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD. OUR ...

Umbilical cord blood banking is useful due to its role in transplantation. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) possess the ability to reconstitute any blood cell type, offering the potential to treat ...

(WGNTV) — To save or not to save cord blood? The answer is not so simple. For decades, doctors have put the precious resource to good use, most commonly, to treat patients needing a stem cell or bone ...

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BALDWIN PARK, Calif., May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern California cord blood regenerative therapeutics company StemCyte has renewed their agreement with the California Umbilical Cord Blood ...

A bill written by local Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) that would establish a statewide public umbilical blood collection program to promote the life-saving potential of stem ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. To save or not to save cord blood. The ...