Questioning the Allure of Putting Cells in the Bank

Date Published: 
January 29, 2008
Media Source: 
New York Times

There are companies that offer to extract and store stem cells from adult blood, from fat removed by liposuction, from children’s baby teeth after they fall out and from leftover embryos at fertility clinics.

But some experts say consumers should think twice before spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on such services, because it is not clear how useful such cells will be.

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