When Amalia Kessler was pregnant with her first child, Stella, in 2008, she knew she didn’t want to waste the baby’s valuable umbilical cord blood, which can be a life-saving source of stem cells used ...

Cord Blood Banking Services offer key market opportunities in non-invasive collection and storage of hematopoietic stem cells for treating conditions like cancer and genetic disorders. Growth ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Beleaguered cord blood banking company Cordlife will not be allowed to collect, test, process and/or store new cord blood with effect from Nov 26.