NOTRE DAME, Indiana, July 8 (TNSjou) -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: Within a newborn's umbilical cord lie potentially life-saving stem cells that can be used to fight diseases like lymphoma and leukemia. That is why many new parents elect to store ("bank") their infant's stem cell-rich umbilical cord blood. But in the 6 to 15 percent of pregnancies affected by gestational diabetes, parents lack this option because the condition damages the stem cells and renders them  more