Only a handful of stem cell therapies are currently approved by the F.D.A., mainly for treating blood cancer and immune ...

So researchers developed techniques that allowed them to freeze stem cells until they were needed. Sponsor Message "You just thaw them and suspend them in an approved medium" before surgery ...

Dr. Viviane Tabar, a surgeon and stem cell scientist at Memorial Sloan Kettering, says these progenitor cells arrive frozen. VIVIANE TABAR: So you just thaw them and suspend them in an approved ...

Families pay thousands of dollars to store their children’s stem cells with the hope of a healthier future. But the cells are rarely useful, and sometimes contaminated. Anna Lazos with her son ...