Storing stem cells of a newborn baby is like giving him a self-repair kit


Every now and then, I hear friends talk about stem cells. I had no inkling what it was about and why some people paid money to have their stem cells to be stored in special storage banks. Anyway, I was not interested to know.

However, last December, I overheard my brother-in-law telling his family members that he had signed up for Stemlife as his gift of life for his unborn child.

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