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Can a woman's period save her life years later?
A company called Cryo-Cell International says that it can - that menstrual fluid contains stem cells that might one day be used for medical treatments.
The company has not published research verifying the claim. But using the slogan "Your monthly miracle," it has begun offering, for a fee, to collect and store cells from the fluid for a woman's future use.
Cryo-Cell, in Oldsmar, Fla., is one of several companies trying to make a business out of banking stem cells. Although businesses that store umbilical cord blood have operated for years, the new services have a potentially broader appeal, to people who are not having babies at the moment.
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...
A company called Cryo-Cell International says that it can - that menstrual fluid contains stem cells that might one day be used for medical treatments.
The company has not published research verifying the claim. But using the slogan "Your monthly miracle," it has begun offering, for a fee, to collect and store cells from the fluid for a woman's future use.
Cryo-Cell, in Oldsmar, Fla., is one of several companies trying to make a business out of banking stem cells. Although businesses that store umbilical cord blood have operated for years, the new services have a potentially broader appeal, to people who are not having babies at the moment.
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...