Wednesday, May 30, 2018

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29 May 2018
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The potential to live indefinitely and cure disease could lie with the placenta
The key to curing disease and extending our lives could lie with the placenta
Want to live to see your great-great grandchildren? XPrize founder Peter Diamandis (left) and surgeon Bob Hariri (right) believe the answer is something overlooked and often discarded: the placenta.

Their company, Celularity, is investigating how we can harness the unique properties of stem cells from the placenta to could cure diseases, from cancer to autoimmune conditions, and extend our lives.
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1 comment:

san said...

Some Indian tech companies have even been offering their employees the chance to cryo-freeze and preserve stem cell material taken from placentas or even baby teeth, for future medical use. But now medical science is finding ways to make stem cells out of the regular bodily tissues anyway. So while placentas, etc may be "low-hanging fruit", we're learning to climb higher up the tree anyway.

6/06/2018 4:11 AM

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