Umbilical Cord Blood May Help Predict Allergies, Scientists Say
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Blood from a baby's umbilical cord could help doctors predict which children will suffer from allergies and asthma later in their lives, British and American scientists said on Thursday.
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Umbilical cord blood, now used mostly to treat children with leukemia, could save thousands of adults with the disease each year who cannot find bone marrow donors.
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Thousands of adults with leukemia who can&#39;t find bone marrow donors could benefit from transplants of stem cells from umbilical cord blood.
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Childhood allergies to milk and eggs appear to be harder to outgrow than in the past, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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Blood tests that are performed during pregnancy to determine if a fetus is at risk of birth defects might also help predict if an infant will be at an increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome, according to a study published in the Sept.
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Blood from a newborn&#39;s umbilical cord, often thrown away but rich in cells that may rebuild the body&#39;s blood production system, is safe to treat leukemia in adults, two studies released on Wednesday show.
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CHICAGO -- Breast-feeding helps prevent babies' allergies, but there's no good evidence for avoiding certain foods during pregnancy, using soy formula or delaying introduction of solid foods beyond six months. That's the word from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which is updating earlier...
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NEW YORK  - A slight delay in cutting the  umbilical cord of a preterm infant may reduce the need for  blood transfusions and prevent brain hemorrhage, according to a  new report in.
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Regular sessions of acupuncture and daily doses of Chinese herbal medicine may help ease the burden of seasonal allergies, new research indicates.
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Gene-targeting therapies could one day offer relief from allergies such as hayfever, claim UK and Swiss scientists.
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Blood from a newborn babies' umbilical cords can be used to treat adults with leukaemia, a US-based study says.
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A study published in the journal &#39;Thorax&#39; has revealed that high levels of antibodies to allergens in a baby&#39;s umbilical cord blood might be more important in the development of childhood allergies and asthma than exposure to allergens.
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NEW YORK  - Children with grass pollen  allergy are prone to develop asthma. Now researchers have shown  that seasonal allergy symptoms and the subsequent risk of  asthma can be reduced with a type of immune therapy.
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Medical researchers have obtained promising results from a trial of a genetically-engineered allergy vaccine.
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Giving children with type 1 diabetes an infusion of blood saved from their own umbilical cords helped reduce the severity of their disease, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Infants born by Caesarean section may be at increased risk for allergies, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data from more than 800 full-term babies, all of whom had families with a history of allergies.
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[Health India]: London, NOv 25 : A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has confirmed that stem cells derived from the umbilical cords of newborn babies are a viable and effective transplant source for thousands of leukemia patients