Stem Cell Banking

Lucky are those women who have been able to develop a life inside them and also could let that life see the light of this world! Your baby is the most precious gift to you and the most valuable gift you can give it is the gift of health. The ultimate nutritious food for your baby is your breast milk. Breast Milk is the powerhouse of essential nutrients for your baby and no other substitute (formula milk available in the market) can ever match its nutritive value. Breastfeeding do and don't will be summarised in this article to help your baby reap the maximum possible benefits of breast milk. Stem Cells in Breastmilk! In 2007 most probably there was a discovery made that human breast milk contains a kind of stem cell. Later it was discovered that as many as three different types of stem cells have been found present in human breast milk, as per latest revolutionary research made. Dr Foteini Kakulas of The University of Western Australia has made a demonstration reg...

Pregnancy is a difficult phase replete with a lot of uncertainties, both for the mother and the fetus. But increased nuchal translucency thickness between 11-14 weeks of pregnancy has become synonymous with ‘morphological expression’ of fetal chromosomal anomalies and genetic syndromes. Further, it also serves as an indication of cardiovascular abnormalities.   The nuchal scan or ​ nuchal translucency ( NT) scan ​ is a non-invasive sonographic prenatal scan ( ultrasound) that attempts to detect the risk of chromosomal abnormalities like Down’s Syndrome and other major visceral problems of the heart.   The ​ NT scan ​ is carried out between 11-13+6 weeks of gestation since the baby’s neck ceases to be transparent after that due to shifting of fluid out of that area. This screening test checks the amount of fluid or the clear space of tissue at the back of the fetal neck. Babies affected with anomalies typically display the larger quantity of collected fluid in the ...