The umbilical cord — the lifeline between mother and baby — was historically discarded as medical waste after birth. Today, an increasing number of parents are choosing to preserve the cord blood for ...

When a baby is born, medical professionals routinely throw away a sick child's potential lifeline. Dr. Hugh Miller of Obstetrix Medical Group, 5301 E. Grant Road, is working to establish the upside of ...

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 ...

Umbilical cord blood banking has become increasingly popular in recent years, with a number of businesses both public and private offering the service. It's a relatively new concept, and there's ...

For the past 20 years, cord blood stem cell transplants have been used to treat leukemia and other blood diseases in children. Cord blood also doesn't have to be as close of a blood or tissue match as ...

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 ...

A Brit teen with a rare cancer has had her life saved by blood taken from the umbilical cord of a baby born in Spain 12 years previously. Lyra Cassell, 20, underwent the unique transplant at age 16 ...

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 ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — When Matt Farrow was taken to Paris 29 years ago, umbilical cord blood transplants were an experimental procedure. His parents took the then-5-year-old to France because that was the ...