Umbilical cord blood not suitable for assessing allergy risk

Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 13:30 in Health & Medicine

For years, hospitals and researchers have been testing blood samples from the umbilical cords of newborn babies to assess the risk of allergy. Now a study has revealed that the biomarker in the blood that indicates the risk factor for allergy often comes from the mother rather than her baby.

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