cord blood

Boys tend to talk later than girls; they also acquire language skills at a slower rate than girls.

Now new research may point to a reason why. In a newly published study, umbilical cord blood was collected from nearly 900 Australian newborns and tested for testosterone.

Newborn boys are exposed to 10 times the levels of testosterone before birth compared to girls.

(MedPage Today) -- Transplant-related deaths can be markedly reduced if recipients and donors of umbilical-cord blood are better matched than they currently are, researchers reported.

(University of Minnesota) A new study from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota shows that patients who have acute leukemia and are transplanted with two units of umbilical cord blood (UCB) have significantly reduced risk of the disease returning.

This finding has the potential to change the current medical practice of using one unit of UCB for treatment of patients who are at high risk for recurrence of leukemia and other cancers of the blood and bone marrow.

(IDIBAPS - Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer) The Gamida Cell-Teva Joint Venture announced today that five prestigious cord blood transplantations centers in Spain, three in Barcelona and two in Valencia, have joined the ExCell study.

The trial is assessing the safety and efficacy of StemEx as a treatment for hematological malignancies, including leukemia and lymphoma, in a single arm, global, pivotal marketing authorization trial.

TAMPA, Fla. (MedPage Today) -- For children who need a bone marrow transplant, a unit of mismatched cord blood may work, a single center study showed.