Cord blood contains stem cells that can grow into different kinds ... may require prolonged monitoring in the hospital. Your baby's umbilical cord delivers vital nutrients from your body to ...
NICE recommends not clamping the umbilical cord before one minute after birth ... offering parents the chance to freeze their baby's stem cells for future use. It charges between £1,495 and ...
Moments after Benjamin Lilja was delivered, instead of routinely discarding the umbilical cord ... are potentially treatable with stem cells." Interest in cord blood as a source of stem cells ...
A 2-year-old Pakistani girl with a rare genetic disorder was infused with umbilical cord blood stem cells from her newborn sister at the Children's Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai on ...
Umbilical cord blood is a rich source of stem cells. They're more flexible: because a baby's immune system is less mature, their stem cells can successfully be transplanted to patients ...