During pregnancy, the umbilical cord is the baby's lifeline. After delivery, doctors can use that lifeline to cure life-threatening illnesses. The Carolinas Cord Blood Bank opened in 1998 at Duke. UNC ...

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Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott, who are expecting their son in 2 1/2 weeks, left a doctors office on Tuesday with a cord blood collection kit. Read more about the process of cord blood collection ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The joy of bringing a new life into the world is something mothers never forget, but doctors say new moms can also save a life during delivery. July is Cord Blood Donation ...

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 ...

As the work it's been doing for more than a decade gains broader interest from industry, researchers and academia, the nonprofit Cleveland Cord Blood Center has taken steps in recent years to be ready ...

East Hills, NY and Cambridge, MA -- ViaCell, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAC) and Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) announced today the first U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance of a cord blood collection bag ...