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 ...

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 ...

For 14 years, Bristol obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Alan L. Gorrell has offered his patients the option of collecting and saving stem cell-rich umbilical cord blood ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...