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Umbilical Cord In placental mammals, the umbilical cord is a tube that connects a developing embryo or fetus to its placenta. It contains major arteries and veins (notably the umbilical arteries and umbilical vein) for the exchange of nutrient- and oxygen-rich blood between the embryo and placenta. When the animal is born, the umbilical cord is severed and leaves only a small scar (the umbilicus) behind.
Holy Umbilical Cord The Holy Umbilical Cord is a first order Christian relic, of Christ. Christian teaching generally states that Christ was assumpted to heaven corporeally. Therefore the only parts of his body available for veneration are parts he had lost prior—hair, blood, fingernails, his prepuce and the umbilicus remaining from his birth.
Umbilical Cord Blood Bank Umbilical Cord Banks, both private and public, have developed since in the mid- to late 1990s in response to the success of umbilical cord blood transplants in treating diseases of the blood and immune systems, such as Fanconi's Anemia and Leukemia. Umbilical Cord Blood, hereafter called "UCB", once seen as waste to be discarded after a birth, is now viewed as a precious resource. Since the first successful UCB transplant was performed on a child with Fanconi’s anemia in 1988, more than 2000 patients have been treated with this procedure. UCB contains hematopoietic stem cells, progenitor cells that can form red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets and can be used to treat many diseases of the blood and immune systems.