Do we save our cells?
Friday, November 9th, 2007My sister always comes to me with science questions, as I was a scientist in a previous life. At the beginning of her pregnancy, she asked me about chord blood banking, what I knew, what I had heard. At the time, I didnt know much, so I looked it up. The idea is that you can cryogenically freeze umbilical cord blood for potential use in the future if your child need something like bone marrow to cure a disease. I stress potential, because nobody actually knows if this works yet.
Enter C'elle .
Cryto-Cell has introduced a product/service called C'elle. The product freezes down menstrual blood and endomentrial tissue. They claim that these cells have the same characteristics as stem cell and that they should be saved for future use for the client. Personalized medicine, I believe it is often called. So for only $500 dollars and then an annual fee of $99 you too can protect yourself against future maladies. I am not so sure I am buying into this one…
