Umbilical Cord Benefits

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About two decades ago, it became “fashionable” to save the umbilical cord when a new baby was born.  The cells from the cord were harvested and saved should a familial member in fact need stem cell therapy in the future. To be honest, most of the saved cells were used for siblings, not the actual child from which the cord was saved.

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Technological breakthrough

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I’ll bet you hardly ever consider your fridge.  That appliance is actually a pretty sophisticated heat pump apparatus.  With the inclusion of a refrigerant (like Freon), this box (mostly a thin veneer covering loads and loads of insulation) manages to keep the contents around 3 to 5 C, thereby diminishing the ability of microbes to grow and spoil our food.

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