Researchers identified five biomarkers in umbilical cord blood that could indicate early-onset sepsis in preterm infants and ...

Cord blood is the blood in your baby's umbilical cord and your placenta. It houses potentially lifesaving cells called stem ...

Unrelated cord blood transplant demonstrated efficacy in patients with blood cancer after microcystic adnexal carcinoma.

The umbilical cord delivers vital nutrients from your body to your baby, and ferries away the waste your baby produces. It ...

Cord-blood banking is when a baby's umbilical cord blood is collected and stored after delivery. Cord blood contains valuable stem cells that help treat life-threatening diseases.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Compared to early cord clamping (ECC), umbilical cord milking (UCM) in non-vigorous infants had short-term benefits without any long-term adverse impacts on ...

Unfortunately, early cord clamping, essential for successful cord-blood banking, can do genuine harm to newborn babies in the name of protecting their health.

Deferred umbilical cord clamping reduces premature baby death risk – study Delaying the clamping allows blood to flow from the placenta to the baby while the baby’s lungs fill with air.

Waiting for two minutes or longer to clamp the umbilical cord of a premature baby likely reduces the risk of death soon after birth, compared with immediately clamping the cord or waiting a ...

Waiting for two minutes or longer to clamp the umbilical cord of a premature baby likely reduces the risk of death soon after birth, compared with immediately clamping the cord or waiting a ...

Waiting for two minutes or longer to clamp the umbilical cord of a premature baby soon after birth could help reduce the risk of death, compared with immediately clamping the umbilical cord, or ...