The umbilical cord — the lifeline between mother and baby — was historically discarded as medical waste after birth. Today, an increasing number of parents are choosing to preserve the cord blood for ...
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As their due date creeps closer, many pregnant women pack a go bag for the hospital: toothbrush, iPod, cute bringing-baby-home outfit. But in recent months, savvy mothers-to-be have started tucking in ...
Before you got pregnant, you may not have given umbilical cords much thought. But did you know it's full of cells that could save someone's life? Not to brag, but cord blood is a pretty big deal, and ...
Social media influencers are turning cord blood storage into a booming business. But many claims remain far ahead of science.
When a baby is born, medical professionals routinely throw away a sick child's potential lifeline. Dr. Hugh Miller of Obstetrix Medical Group, 5301 E. Grant Road, is working to establish the upside of ...
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 ...
Cell International, Inc. (NYSE American LLC: CCEL) (the "Company"), the world’s first private cord blood bank, has been granted renewed Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy ("FACT") ...
During pregnancy, the umbilical cord is the baby's lifeline. After delivery, doctors can use that lifeline to cure life-threatening illnesses. The Carolinas Cord Blood Bank opened in 1998 at Duke. UNC ...
As the work it's been doing for more than a decade gains broader interest from industry, researchers and academia, the nonprofit Cleveland Cord Blood Center has taken steps in recent years to be ready ...
When Nancy Lempesis was pregnant with her first child, she didn’t think twice about deciding to collect and store her baby’s umbilical cord blood. And when her son was born seven months ago, she ...
HealthBanks is a cord blood bank in California offering cord blood and cord tissue stem cell banking, as well as genetic testing and adult immune cell storage. Its process and storage services are ...