While stem cell therapy has traditionally centered on mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), MUSE cells are quickly gaining traction ...

The medical practice of cord blood banking involves collecting newborn umbilical cord blood after birth to create a valuable ...

However, in the world of stem cells, there lies a lifeline in the umbilical cord blood that could go a long way in managing chronic diseases, including cancer. What many medics might not know in ...

I first heard the phrase "cord blood banking" from season 17 winner Catherine Giudici Lowe, who chose to privately bank her babies' cord blood. Her social media post about the process piqued my ...

To provide an increasing body of knowledge related to umbilical cord care, a literature review was conducted to study the evolution of umbilical cord care, to evaluate the scientific evidence used ...

NORTH ATTLEBORO — Brady Backner remembers hearing the words vividly from the doctors. The words that he may never play sports or walk again. The sentence hung in the air for a bit. The North Att ...

When a woman is pregnant, the umbilical cord supplies nutrients and oxygen to her developing baby. After birth, the umbilical cord is no longer required, and it is cut leaving a stump. There is no ...

Some studies concluded that the use of hexachlorophane wash (eg, pHisoHexR, GlaxoSmithKlein, Triangle Park, NC) or powder (Ster-zacR, SSL, Western Australia) as a skin cleansing agent ...

An unrelated 5/6 cord unit, HLA-mismatched for the DR locus, was identified at the University of Colorado Umbilical Cord Blood Bank. She consented to participate in a clinical trial of ex vivo ...

The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that doctors will diagnose around 24,820 cancerous brain or spinal cord tumors in the United States in 2025. The risk of a person developing a brain ...

The precautionary principle – which calls for preventive action in the face of scientific uncertainty – must be the guiding ...

The inquest concluded that there were several contributing factors to her death, including the failed stem cell transplant.