As potential parents, we're confronted with a vast array of choices—most of which directly impact our child's health and well-being. One such choice, often offered in the later stages of pregnancy, is ...

Stem cells form the backbone of many cell-based therapies due to their unique properties, including the ability to self-renew and differentiate to many cell types. Multiple cell therapies deliver ...

Tooth stem cell banking involves parents sending their children's lost milk teeth to a laboratory where the dental pulp stem cells are harvested and stored. The service costs around £1900 (€2189; ...

New medical discoveries show that stem cell treatment may help patients cope with both bone problems and brain diseases. Recent studies have also shown that stem cell therapy could reduce heart ...

Millions of parents have paid to bank blood from their infants’ umbilical cords. But storage companies have misled them about the cells’ promise. By Sarah Kliff Pregnant women are bombarded with ...

Travel to the Bahamas and—for the meager sum of $16,500—you could have stem cells injected into your joints. The in-vogue-but-uproven treatments are popular with celebrities and wealthy longevity ...