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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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It is extremely challenging to study human development. There are animal models that can tell us how general aspects of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
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Identical twin formation in humans seem to fascinate the masses. To our brains, which are programmed to see everyone dif ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 25, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in the journal Development, researchers at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute have identified a cause ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 21, 2016Cardiology
Heart defects are the most common birth defects across the globe, yet scientists know very little about the environmenta ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 02, 2016Cardiology
A heart attack creates a state of inadequate blood supply to organs and tissues that damages heart function and forms sc ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 01, 2016Videos
In recent years parents have started banking the blood from the umbilical cords of their children. Cord blood contains s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time, scientist demonstrate an effective way to deliver drugs to the placenta – a feat that’s ...Written By: Xuan PhamFEB 12, 2016Cardiology
For diabetics, the threat of a heart attack is much more ominous than non-diabetics, because their prognosis is much wor ...Written By: Kara Marker
SEP 18, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
It is extremely challenging to study human development. There are animal models that can tell us how general aspects of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Two people have been cured of HIV, and now, a US woman joins them. In this third case, stem cell transplants were being
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2021
Cancer
A study published recently in Environmental Health Perspectives concludes that no amount of exposure to secondhand smoke
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 23, 2021
Microbiology
Recent work has shown that SARS-CoV-2 antibodies that are carried by a pregnant woman can cross the placenta and reach t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 23, 2021
Coronavirus
A pregnant woman infected with the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 passed the virus on to her unborn child through the placent
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The activity of genes in our genome is controlled by many factors, one of which are chemical tags or structural changes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2018
Technology
Monitoring the heartbeat of the unborn is known to be stressful for expectant mothers. However, recent research at the U
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 21, 2018
Immunology
Pregnancies during allergy season may provide protection against allergy development in children
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
JUL 22, 2018
Cardiology
Protein involved in blood vessel formation found to be higher in offspring of mothers who had gestational diabetes, hold
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
JAN 26, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Ever heard of telomeres? Reach way back to your high school biology class and remember that telomeres are special parts
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 17, 2017
Cancer
Scientists are putting a target on cancer’s back, and immune cells are being trained to track down and kill that t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 04, 2017
Neuroscience
The benefits of human umbilical cord blood are well known for fighting cancer and harvesting stem cells, but new researc
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 26, 2017
Plants & Animals
Premature births are somewhat of a problem, not just for humans, but also for animals. The main issue with premature bir
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 11, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have linked maternal stress to premature aging and an increased risk of diseases related to aging. The molec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 09, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Vitamin D deficiency impacts millions of men, women and children globally. Children that are born with very low levels o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Many cancer patients with leukemia will undergo stem cell transplants as part of their treatment plan. The problem is th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 07, 2016
Immunology
A compound found in newborns is thought to have the ability to treat excessive inflammation, which could be lifesaving i
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 03, 2016
Plants & Animals
Identical twin formation in humans seem to fascinate the masses. To our brains, which are programmed to see everyone dif
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 25, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in the journal Development, researchers at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute have identified a cause
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2016
Cardiology
Heart defects are the most common birth defects across the globe, yet scientists know very little about the environmenta
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 02, 2016
Cardiology
A heart attack creates a state of inadequate blood supply to organs and tissues that damages heart function and forms sc
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 01, 2016
Videos
In recent years parents have started banking the blood from the umbilical cords of their children. Cord blood contains s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time, scientist demonstrate an effective way to deliver drugs to the placenta – a feat that’s
...
Written By:
Xuan Pham
FEB 12, 2016
Cardiology
For diabetics, the threat of a heart attack is much more ominous than non-diabetics, because their prognosis is much wor
...
Written By:
Kara Marker