Welsh Parents Stem Gamble

Wales on SundayMay 17, 2006

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More than 400 parents in Wales have paid pounds 1,000-plus to freeze their babies' umbilical blood to preserve stem cells, which could one day be used to cure medical problems.

The growing trend for 'mother nature's health insurance' comes as scientists work on new ways to treat conditions from paralysis to Alzheimer's through the use of stem cells.

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Welsh Parents Stem Gamble

However, medical experts say the conditions that cord blood- harvested cells can treat are so rare and treatments at such an early ...

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