Umbilical Cord Blood
Umbilical cord blood: is the blood from the umbilical cord once a baby is born and the umbilical cord is cut from the placenta. The placenta grows in the uterus of the female body and supplies the unborn baby with food and oxygen through the umbilical cord and contains stem cells.
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OCT 21, 2018
Technology
OCT 21, 2018
Monitoring the heartbeat of the unborn is known to be stressful for expectant mothers. However, recent research at the University of Sussex may ease this p...
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Nouran Amin
SEP 21, 2018
Immunology
SEP 21, 2018
Pregnancies during allergy season may provide protection against allergy development in children...
WRITTEN BY:
Nicholas Breehl
JUL 22, 2018
Cardiology
JUL 22, 2018
Protein involved in blood vessel formation found to be higher in offspring of mothers who had gestational diabetes, holds implications for increased cardiovascular complications....
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Caitlin Williams
JAN 26, 2018
Earth & The Environment
JAN 26, 2018
Ever heard of telomeres? Reach way back to your high school biology class and remember that telomeres are special parts of DNA that let chromosomes be copi...
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Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 17, 2017
Cancer
JUL 17, 2017
Scientists are putting a target on cancer’s back, and immune cells are being trained to track down and kill that target. In a new study from the Univ...
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Kara Marker
MAY 04, 2017
Neuroscience
MAY 04, 2017
The benefits of human umbilical cord blood are well known for fighting cancer and harvesting stem cells, but new research shows that cord blood could be a ...
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Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 26, 2017
Plants & Animals
APR 26, 2017
Premature births are somewhat of a problem, not just for humans, but also for animals. The main issue with premature births is that the newborn doesn&rsquo...
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Anthony Bouchard
APR 11, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
APR 11, 2017
Researchers have linked maternal stress to premature aging and an increased risk of diseases related to aging. The molecular link is through telomeres, which help maintain chromosomes....
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Carmen Leitch
OCT 09, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
OCT 09, 2016
Vitamin D deficiency impacts millions of men, women and children globally. Children that are born with very low levels of vitamin D often go on to have a v...
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