02 December 2014 02 Dec 2014

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At the moment a baby is born, about a third of its blood is outside of its body Physiological studies have shown that, of the total blood volume in the combined fetal–placental circulation at full gestation, approximately 25–60% is found in the placental circulation This blood is known to be rich in hematopoietic stem cells (Wardrop and Holland, 1995; Dixon, 1997)