ByVlad Deshkovich: Zynga Inc. (ZNGA) has seen its stock go from as high as $14.50 to the $3.16 it stands at now. Facebook (FB) cut the umbilical cord for the gaming corporation back in March 2013, disallowing its exclusive rights to publishing games on the social network. Show More Summary
By Richard Pearson: China Cord Blood (CO) is engaged in the business of storing infant umbilical cords for parents in the People's Republic of China. The purpose of this is to create a storage facility for stem cells such that if children...Show More Summary
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Some mothers forgo modern obstetric facilities in hospitals and have births at home and assisted by midwives. The latest trend in this natural childbirth movement is called Lotus Birth. Participants don't cut the umbilical cord connecting the child to the placenta. Show More Summary
There's a new trend in natural births and it involves keeping baby's umbilical cord and placenta intact until they sever themselves. Midwife educator Mary Ceallaigh extolled the benefits of Lotus Birth or umbilical non severance in a recent New York Post story,
"Lotus birth"—the practice of allowing the umbilical cord and placenta to detach naturally from the newborn—has reportedly been around for centuries in Balinese tradition and certain aboriginal cultures, but it's just now hitting the American trend-piece circuit. Show More Summary
Strands from baby’s first haircut. The first tooth. Tiny footprints sunk into clay. Some parents even tuck away the dried stump of the umbilical cord or the stick pregnancy test as a touching memento marking the milestones of their kids. The latest? Breast milk jewelry, on sale at the handmade marketplace Etsy. Few issues polarize [...]
As expected a Houston judge on Monday granted ongoing custody of Baby Chloe to Child Protective Services (CPS). Chloe, who was given her nickname by doctors, was found abandoned in a dumpster February 19, wrapped in Walmart plastic bag with about three inches of umbilical cord attacked to her stomach. As soon as her plight [...]
Therapeutic hypothermia is an effective way to prevent brain damage in newborns deprived of oxygen due to umbilical cord entanglement, anemia, or other causes of cerebral hypoperfusion. Modern hospitals have incubator-like cooling devices...Show More Summary
Combination experimental treatment for stroke using human umbilical cord blood cells and Simvastatin promotes transplanted cell migration and enhances blood vessel and artery growth in test animals.
Transplants of blood-forming stem cells from umbilical cord blood may be an effective alternative to transplants of matched donor bone marrow stem cells to treat children with a rare, debilitating disease known as Hurler's syndrome (HS),...Show More Summary
Transplants of blood-forming stem cells from umbilical cord blood may be an effective alternative to transplants of matched donor bone marrow stem cells to treat children with a rare, debilitating disease known as Hurler's syndrome (HS),...Show More Summary
(WASHINGTON)-Transplants of blood-forming stem cells from umbilical cord blood may be an effective alternative to transplants of matched donor bone marrow stem cells to treat children with a rare, debilitating disease known as Hurler's...Show More Summary
I have a great respect and appreciation bought about by my ancestral indigenous heritage which worshipped Mother Earth: Pacha Mama. As a cook and restaurateur, Mother Earth is tied to my life like the most fulfilling umbilical cord, supplying me with the most beautiful produce and ingredients which help me live, work and feed others.
Post by Lindsay FerrierWhen it comes to profiting off a baby's birth, I thought I had seen it all... But now, there's umbilical cord art. On "Raising America" today, Kyra Phillps talked to a couple behind Little Cord Art, a company that takes your baby's umbilical cord and turns it into a masterpiece. And you won't believe how they do it.
Patent is for a method for obtaining and using umbilical cord blood cells to provide neural cells for transplantation aimed at repairing neurodegenerative diseases of the brain and spinal cord.
Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH our prenatal protagonist tries to purchase a weapon and gets wrapped up in red tape more tangled than an umbilical cord.
Ronda Rousey is a fighter. It started at birth, as the umbilical cord tried to choke the life out of her. It culminates this weekend, at least temporarily, when Rousey, along with opponent Liz Carmouche, becomes the first woman everShow More Summary
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved a study in children with autism that evaluates whether a child’s own umbilical cord blood may be an effective treatment. The study comes at a time when parents need hope the most. Show More Summary
A large enough number of stem cells are needed to ensure the success of a cord blood transplant. However, the quantity of stem cells isolated from umbilical cord blood is not always sufficient to meet that requirement. Researchers from...Show More Summary