Sentences with phrase «studying umbilical cord blood»
Right now Hornig's lab is studying umbilical cord blood preserved at birth, looking for differences between the blood of children who became autistic and the blood of those who did not.
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Trials around the world are studying umbilical cord blood's capabilities in a wide range of diseases (see Table 2 here): Cerebral palsy, autism, diabetes and lupus are currently under investigation.
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In one of the most recent studies to document the extraordinary exposure and accumulation of pollutants and toxins in children today, the umbilical cord blood of babies from around America was tested for toxins at the time of their births.
«This is the first study to find BPA in umbilical cord blood, and it correlates with national data on it.»
The Environmental Working Group's study commissioned five laboratories to examine the umbilical cord blood of 10 babies of African - American, Hispanic and Asian heritage and found more than 200 chemicals in each newborn.
In the new study, scientists compared weight gain for 325 expectant mothers from Avilés, Spain, with the levels of 35 chemicals in their babies» umbilical cord blood.
The new study is the first to measure chlorpyrifos in umbilical cord blood, which unequivocally shows if a mother and her fetus were exposed.
One of the largest studies carried out to date in order to determine mercury levels in umbilical cord blood samples and its association with different reproductive effects: measurements of fetal development (weight, height and head circumference at birth), placental weight, duration of pregnancy and risk of premature birth.
The researchers did not detect it in the umbilical cord blood of babies enrolled in the study after the 2001 ban.
Early animal studies have shown that stem cells isolated from umbilical cord blood can stimulate cells in the spinal cord to regrow their myelin layers, and in doing so help restore connections with surrounding cells.
Blood from the umbilical cord «is one of the best measures of contaminants being transferred from mother to fetus,» said Sharon Sagiv, lead author of the study and an epidemiologist who now works at Boston University.
Medical records examined in the study showed that the gases in the umbilical cord blood of these newborns were normal, and there was little injury to the brains» deep gray matter.
Houlihan is the director and co-author of «Pollution in Newborns,» a study of industrial chemicals in umbilical cord blood, and many related studies revealing the health implications of people's everyday exposures to pollutants and pesticides.
An innovative experimental treatment for boosting the effectiveness of stem - cell transplants with umbilical cord blood has a favorable safety profile in long - term animal studies, report scientists from Dana - Farber Cancer Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), and Children's Hospital Boston (CHB).
in fact, recent studies show that babies are born with an average of over 200 chemicals in their umbilical cord blood.
In a study of umbilical cord blood from New York City children, researchers found a change in a gene called ACSL3 that is associated with prenatal exposure to chemical pollutants called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are byproducts of incomplete combustion from carbon - containing fuels, resulting in high levels in heavy - traffic areas.
This pollution begins in the womb: a 2009 EWG study found synthetic musk chemicals Galaxolide and Tonalide in the umbilical cord blood of newborn infants.