In recent years, advertisements for cord blood banks have confronted expectant parents more and more frequently. Before the 1990s, pediatric wards discarded umbilical cords along with other medical waste. This changed when cord blood was understood to be rich in blood-forming stem cells. Yet banking these cells, preserving them for later use, has some potential […]
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