Umbilical Cord Blood May Help Build New Heart Valves
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 09:36
in Health & Medicine
In the future, babies with heart defects may receive new heart valves created from cells in the blood from their umbilical cords, saved at birth. These valves could grow and change shape as a child develops, avoiding the need for repeat surgeries to replace outgrown valves from animal or human donor tissue or artificial valves.