When the news came out last month that a New York woman was likely cured of HIV/AIDS by the same cord blood transplant she had received to save her from leukemia, Dr. Filippo Milano’s telephone at ...

A genetic test of cord blood at birth may hold the key to predicting a child's future risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to exciting new research from Australia and Hong Kong. Subscribe to ...

If her social media accounts are any indication, model, cookbook author, television personality, and entrepreneur Chrissy Teigen is a wonderful mother. Many parents regard her as a role model. That’s ...

The umbilical cord — the lifeline between mother and baby — was historically discarded as medical waste after birth. Today, an increasing number of parents are choosing to preserve the cord blood for ...

Dr. Dennis Costakos has earned a reputation for asking the right questions and then doing research to provide a new approach to improve medical care. Costakos, a Franciscan Skemp physician who cares ...

Umbilical cord and placenta blood, often referred to as “cord blood,” is the blood that is collected from the umbilical and placental tissue at birth. Once stored in “banks,” its stem cells can be ...

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