Thursday, October 21, 2010

Early umbilical cord clamping may interrupt ''nature''s first stem cell transplant''

This article was taken from Topnews.com.

Basically, it states that nutrients from the mother are transferred to the child by delaying clamping the umbilical cord. These nutrients affect the child as it grows up-- supposedly for the better.

Delaying clamping the umbilical cord for a slightly longer period of time allows more umbilical cord blood volume to transfer from mother to infant and, with that critical period extended, many good physiological "gifts" are transferred through ''nature''s first stem cell transplant'' occurring at birth, they said.


Once again this is a snippet of an article taken from Topnews.com. Click on the link for the full article.

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