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Media Spotlight: TIME features cord blood collection kit
posted July 21st, 2010
Reporter Bonnie Rochman with TIME visited researchers at Duke University, who have put together a cord blood collection kit that's being sent to expectant mothers who want to donate their babies' cord blood.
Heather Williams, a clinical research coordinator, explains how the cord blood collection kit works.
How Saving Umbilical Cords Saves Lives
By Bonnie Rochman
As their due date creeps closer, many pregnant women pack a go bag for the hospital: toothbrush, iPod, cute bringing-baby-home outfit. But in recent months, savvy mothers-to-be have started tucking in one more important item: a kit to collect and donate the blood in their babies' umbilical cord.