Cutting the umbilical cord used to be one of the first things doctors did after birth, but things have changed. Here's why ...

Your baby’s development in the womb relies on the health of the umbilical cord. Did you know that the cord can vary in ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Doctors may one day be able to use stem cells taken from umbilical cord blood to build new heart valves for children born with heart defects, German scientists said on Monday. These ...

Scientists may have uncovered a link between the risk of autism in children and fatty acids in umbilical cord blood, but one Yale professor told Newsweek more work needs to be done in the area. To ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers identified five proteins in umbilical cord blood that could signal early-onset sepsis in preterm ...

JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - Mississippi will require doctors to collect umbilical cord blood from babies born to some young mothers, under a new law intended to identify statutory rapists and ...