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Stories about: umbilical cord

Umbilical Cord Blood Does Not Give Allergy Risks A new study has found out that biomarkers coming from the umbilical cords or newborn babies, that could assess the risk of allergies, more often come from the mother rather than from her baby.New parents are asked if they want hospitals to evaluate the risk their babies run of developing allergies later in life, and ... 6 October 2010 05:40 GMT Infant Heart Valves Created from Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Genetics managed a breakthrough in tissue engineering, when a German team of scientists, led by Ralf Sodian, MD, cardiac surgeon at University Hospital of Munich, announced that stem cells from the blood flowing through the umbilical cord could be used to create artificial heart valves for infants born with malfuncti... 11 November 2008 10:06 GMT