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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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Umbilical cord blood - the blood that remains in the placenta after birth - can be collected and stored frozen for years. It is sometimes used as an alternative to bone marrow for treating diseases ...

Umbilical cord blood has emerged as a viable alternative source for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with blood cancers. But it has its limitations, including a small number of ...

A bipartisan group of state legislators said Tuesday that Connecticut is moving closer to becoming the latest state to participate in a national effort to bank umbilical cord blood, a source of ...

The growing Cleveland Cord Blood Center hit two milestones this summer, both of which will translate into more help for patients with life-threatening ailments. First, the center gained accreditation ...