Adult stem cells can be found within the body’s hematopietic and immune systems.  The most well-known adult stem cells can be found in bone marrow.  This has presented a number of obstacles until now, because they are difficult to harvest.  Recently, the medical community has discovered that human fat tissue and dental pulp contain significant concentrations of easily accessible adult stem cells.

Laboratory studies point to the enormous potential of using stem cells derived from cosmetic surgery, and planned dental procedures. Stem cells, which are simply cells that haven’t decided what they want to be when they grow up, are widely considered one of science’s best tools for developing cures for many diseases. These include diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and Lou Gehrig’s disease.  Adult stem cells can also be made to develop into various tissue types, such as bone, cartilage, nerve and muscle.  Eventually, scientists hope, these modified organisms will be used to replace diseased cells all over the body.  This is very exciting, and at some point in the not too distant future, will totally revolutionize medicine.  

StemStore Technologies can harvest these cells from fat and dental pulp removed during cosmetic surgery, and safely store your cells at our facility until needed by you or a loved one in the future.  This affords patients already planning to have a scheduled procedure the opportunity to bank their stem cells for later use.