Cord Blood

During pregnancy, nutrients and blood reach the fetus via the umbilical cord. Historically, the umbilical cord was discarded after delivery, though nowadays it is sometimes saved. Cord blood carries ...Read More

Some expectant parents make arrangements to have the umbilical cord blood from their baby's placenta stored in a private blood bank in case the child may need a bone marrow transplant later in life. Many ...Read More

With all the hype around cord blood donation, it is difficult at times to figure out whether there are any benefits to it. Here we will look at what cord blood donation is, what the benefits are and what the ...Read More

Cord blood is what remains in the umbilical cord and also the placenta after a baby is born. This blood has the same ability to treat diseases as bone marrow does, but it has a far less chance of the body ...Read More

Umbilical cord blood is the blood from the placenta that passes through the umbilical cord to the newborn child. This blood carries more hematopoietic stem cells than that of an adult's blood. Donating ...Read More

The blood in the umbilical cord is a source of stem cells, which are blood cells that can produce more specific types of blood cells like platelets, white blood cells and red blood cells. These stem cells can ...Read More

Cord blood comes from a baby's umbilical cord, and this blood can actually be donated to others who have terminal illnesses or diseases. Inside the cord, there are blood-forming cells that can be made into a ...Read More

Cord blood, which is rich in blood-forming stem cells, is collected after a baby's birth and stored in a cord blood banking facility for future use by family members or the general public to treat more than 70 ...Read More