Utilizing newborn blood is more of a dream than a reality, and storing it in public banks is largely for a potential greater ...

Dear Doctors: My fiance and I plan to have kids someday. I was wondering if it would be beneficial to keep our babies’ umbilical cords, which would be full of stem cells. We would like to know how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Umbilical cords are probably one of the only physical reminders of how your baby was attached to you ...

Q: My fiance and I plan to have kids someday. I was wondering if it would be beneficial to keep our babies’ umbilical cords, which would be full of stem cells. We would like to know how that works and ...

Two states are suing a major cord blood storage company, claiming it misled parents about the benefits of saving their ...

In the first few minutes after a baby is born, the baby’s umbilical cord (which carries oxygen and nutrients from the placenta to the growing fetus) is cut and usually discarded. But many people don’t ...

Cord blood is a rich source of stem cells, the building blocks that produce blood and can be transformed into other cell types. The growing number of parents who bank their children's cord blood ...

The umbilical cord is a three-vessel cord that provides nutrients and oxygen to your baby while they're in the uterus. Usually, the cord doesn’t have any issues, but there are several conditions that ...

New research shows delayed umbilical cord clamping improves survival and reduces risk of brain injury in extremely premature infants. A baby's umbilical cord is typically clamped and cut immediately ...