A new way of using umbilical cord blood for treating blood diseases could make the treatment more accessible to patients who ...

Disease-free survival of 96% with no severe GVHD in acute leukemia, other blood cancers ...

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 ...

The analyzed samples were up to five years old—meaning PFAS have been nearly ubiquitous for longer than we otherwise might have thought. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in ...

One day, there could be a new test to screen for type 1 diabetes, now that scientists have found markers in the blood of the umbilical cords of children who were later diagnosed with the disease. In ...

(WGNTV) — To save or not to save cord blood? The answer is not so simple. For decades, doctors have put the precious resource to good use, most commonly, to treat patients needing a stem cell or bone ...