'Placenta juicer' developed to extract more stem cells

Earth Times
14th Jan 2008

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. >>>> More