'Placenta juicer' developed to extract more stem cells
Posted : Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:20:00 GMT
Singapore - Inspired by an orange juicer, two Singapore academics
have invented a device that they claim can extract more stem cells
from a placenta than current methods from the umbilical cord, a news
report said Tuesday. Professor Ng Soon Chye and Associate Professor
Tan Kok Kiong at the National University of Singapore told the
Straits Times that three companies from the city-state, Japan and
Britain are interested in the invention.
During a coffee break, the duo considered an orange juicer.
"We then had an idea: squeeze as much as possible, like the juicer,"
Ng was quoted as saying.
Their brainstorming resulted in the placenta "juicer," which presses
down and squeezes on the placenta to extract as much cord blood as
possible.
Stem cells can be extracted from the umbilical cord after birth and
used to treat patients with blood diseases or used in bone-marrow
transplants.
Some parents have their newborns' cord blood stored. The umbilical
cord would otherwise be discarded.
Current extraction methods use a syringe to suck up as much blood as
possible from the umbilical cord.
Ng and Tan said their device can exact as much as 10 times the amount
of cord blood, or 10 times the amount of stem cells.
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StemCells subscribers may also be interested in these sites:
Children's Neurobiological Solutions
http://www.CNSfoundation.org/
Cord Blood Registry
http://www.CordBlood.com/at.cgi?a=150123
The CNS Healing Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CNS_Healing
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