The Carolinas Cord Blood Bank at Duke University stores up to 3,640 units of cord blood at minus 196 degrees Celsius.
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Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg shows off a freezer deep inside the bowels of the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank at Duke University Medical Center. Known as a thermogenesis freezer, it stores up to 3,640 units of cord blood -- left over from babies' umbilical cords and placenta -- at minus 196 degrees Celsius.
