A bio-therapeutics company based in Israel was just granted FDA approval for a clinical trial to examine the effects of their new product, which integrates placenta stem cells, on peripheral artery disease. They’ve developed a way to extract the stem cells from the placenta with their proprietary 3D PluriX™ technology. They’ve also come up […]
placenta research
Presentation at UNLV
I was invited by the Hormones & Diseases Research and Resource Group to give a “brown bag lecture” on placentophagy at UNLV today (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). It went really well – I was told that they had their best turnout ever. It was standing room only, and I ran out of handouts (sorry […]
Blood Stem Cells Originate in the Placenta
“Blood stem cells, which later differentiate into all types of blood cells, originate and are nurtured in the placenta, a U.S. study finds.” [full story] This is great news, but I am honestly not at all surprised. Given that the placenta contains large stores of stem cells, and its amazing contribution toward nurturing human life […]
