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umbilical cord
umbilical cord
umbilical cord The cord that connects the embryo to the
placenta in mammals. It contains a vein and two arteries that carry blood between the embryo and placenta. It is severed after birth to free the newly born animal from the placenta, and shrivels to leave a scar, the navel, on the animal.
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The umbilical cord thickness measured at 18-23 weeks of gestational age
Magazine article from: Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine; 2/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...reported that the umbilical cord was significantly thicker...In contrast, leaner umbilical cords were associated with...association between umbilical cord thickness and adverse...two nomograms for the umbilical cord thickness have...
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Testing Umbilical Cords for Funisitis due to Treponema pallidum Infection, Bolivia.
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...were examined; this subset included 66 umbilical cords from infants born to women with syphilis, as well as 22 control umbilical cords. Immediately after delivery, a section of umbilical cord (approximately 3 cm to 4 cm long...
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True Knot of the Umbilical Cord: A Report of 13 Cases
Magazine article from: Military Medicine; 8/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...average length of the umbilical cord is 55 cm,1 2...knot include long cords,3-5 polyhydramnios...true knots of the umbilical cord ranges from 0...placentas and umbilical cords from all four patients...three-vessel umbilical cord, a true knot...
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 "USA Today (Magazine)")
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UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANKING: Insurance Against Future Diseases?
Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine); 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...after she learned about the Cord Blood Registry (CBR)--a private cord blood bank based in San...most cases, placentas and umbilical cords were routinely tossed in...later, stem cells from umbilical cord blood seem like the wonder...
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Umbilical cord blood banking: Insurance against future diseases?
Magazine article from: USA Today; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...after she learned about the Cord Blood Registry (CBR)-a private cord blood bank based in San...most cases, placentas and umbilical cords were routinely tossed in...later, stem cells from umbilical cord blood seem like the wonder...
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Remarkable Progress Shown in Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research.
Magazine article from: National Right to Life News; 12/1/2004; 700+ words
; ...president of a government-backed umbilical cord blood bank in Seoul, told AFP...ahead, stem cells derived from umbilical cords and other non-lethal sources...These stem cells isolated from umbilical cord blood have emerged as an ethical...
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Umbilical cord lesions in early intrauterine fetal demise
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...early gestation are associated with umbilical cord abnormalities. Routine assessment of umbilical cords in early pregnancy might help to detect...2003;127:850-853) The role of umbilical cord abnormalities in causing intrauterine...
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Curing without killing: umbilical cord blood could help cure cancer, and may also encourage more live births.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Report Newsmagazine; 1/21/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...blood banks?" Furthermore, he says, "umbilical cord blood's proving useful is only...creation." The unique properties of umbilical cord blood stem cells may create a demand for umbilical cords and add a new wrinkle to the debate over...
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GOV. PATAKI ANNOUNCES FUNDING FOR UMBILICAL CORD SCIENCE CENTER
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/3/2006; 700+ words
; ...New York State Cord Blood Science Institute...stem cells from umbilical cords," Governor Pataki...Disease. This cord blood bank will...thrilled that this umbilical cord blood bank...cells taken from umbilical cord blood." David...
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 "Herald-News (Joliet, IL)")
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UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD CAN BRING NEW LIFE TO OTHERS
Newspaper article from: Herald-News (Joliet, IL); 9/27/1997; 700+ words
; ...treated with stem cells from umbilical cord blood. The process of collecting...immediately following birth. Umbilical cords are often just discarded. It...importance of their child's umbilical cord blood. It can be banked privately...
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Umbilical Cord Blood Banking
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Definition Umbilical cord blood banking is the practice of preserving for future...profile as foreign and attack the cell. The advantage of umbilical cord stem cells that they are more immature and have a less well...
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umbilical cord
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
umbilical cord When the embryo first embeds...the fetus grows its own umbilical cord, containing its own...course the custom to cut the cord, between two clamps, as...the smooth muscle of the umbilical vessels. The cord shrivels...
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umbilical
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...x2022; adj. relating to or affecting the navel or umbilical cord: the umbilical artery. ∎ fig. extremely close; inseparable: their umbilical attachment to the state. ∎ ...
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cord
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...g., the spinal cord, the umbilical cord). ∎ a...esp. corduroy: [as adj. ] cord jackets. ∎ ( cords ) inf. corduroy pants...62 cu m). DERIVATIVES: cord·like / -ˌ...
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cord blood
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
cord blood • n. blood from the human umbilical cord, a source of stem cells.
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