Oh, and the umbilical cord might be tangled around the baby's neck five times.
He turned out perfectly fine -- he had been getting oxygen through the umbilical cord.
An antiseptic costing 25 cents could prevent deadly infections starting in the umbilical cord.
"I think a lot of people are becoming quite interested in umbilical cord banking, " he said.
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The umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck and he had almost no heartbeat.
The next step is to find out whether umbilical cord cell therapy actually works.
Cells from the baby's bone marrow or umbilical cord are used to treat the older child.
But your article mostly ignores a tremendously promising option in stem cell research today: umbilical cord stem cells.
Who could have imagined just 23 years ago when Jean was born where the umbilical cord would lead them?
Ollie Lewis, from Weston-super-Mare, was delivered with the umbilical cord around his neck.
When Brook was delivered, Ms Peters noticed she was not breathing and the umbilical cord was around her neck.
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His decision to cut the umbilical cord with his internet service provider is being done in the name of research.
The Facebook page is also being used to encourage people to consider becoming bone marrow and umbilical cord donors.
Cutting the umbilical cord immediately after birth - currently standard practice - puts the baby at risk of iron deficiency, experts say.
Umbilical cord stem cells are post-natally harvested directly from an umbilical cord.
There aren't enough stem cells in an umbilical cord to serve as a treatment for a disease like cancer or heart disease.
This cryogenic sculpture, reliant on its umbilical cord of electricity, quite literally articulates the fragile balance that exists between life and death.
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In one instance a doctor successfully cured a mouse of type 1 diabetes by transplanting umbilical cord stem cells into the animal's pancreas.
The evidence suggests that umbilical cord stem cells may be even better than embryonic stem cells when it comes to replacing damaged tissue.
But scientific evidence concerning umbilical cord stem cells is gaining steam.
After receiving a bone marrow transplant and stem cell treatment from an umbilical cord donated by a woman in the USA, his condition seemed to improve.
Soon after birth, special cells were collected from their new son's umbilical cord and last month, transfused into his sister to help restore her damaged system.
Organophosphates, which pass from the mother to fetus through the placenta and umbilical cord, may be more damaging to developing fetuses than to children, the study notes.
The umbilical cord was snaked around the baby's neck, tightly.
The umbilical cord, once routinely thrown away by doctors after birth, is now being used to offer hope to patients who in the past may have died before they could undergo a transplant.
Wherever we live we need to feel connected to the oceans, as they are our umbilical cord to life, driving the world's weather systems, ensuring we can take our next sip of water and our next breath.
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