Umbilical cord blood holds beneficial stem cells

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Dear Doctors: My fiance and I plan to have kids someday. I was wondering if it would be beneficial to keep our babies’ umbilical cords, which would be full of stem cells. We would like to know how that works and if there are already uses for cord blood. Can it help with Type 1 diabetes?Dear Reader: The term “cord blood” refers to the fetal blood that remains in the pl...

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