#umbilical-cord-blood

[ follow ]
#stem-cells #regenerative-medicine #private-banking #donation #pfas-contamination #fetal-exposure
Medicine
fromenglish.elpais.com
11 hours ago

Parents' umbilical cord dilemma: Donate or preserve, even if it may never be used

Umbilical cord blood storage offers limited benefits for personal use, with high costs and low probability of future medical necessity.
Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Fetuses likely have more forever chemicals' in blood than thought report

Fetuses contain 42 different PFAS compounds in umbilical cord blood, far exceeding previous estimates based on testing only four common compounds.
[ Load more ]