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Please link to my original blogpost, where you can find the original and much updated protocol.
Thanks, Attila.
http://pimm.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/how-to-isolate-amniotic-stem-cells-from-the-placenta-at-home/

- by Attila Csordas on Jan 25, 2007 at 9:05 AM | link

Hmm.
I think I'll stick to growing my own skin.

- by Kelly on Jan 25, 2007 at 12:39 PM | link

You may think you're joking with "placenta for dinner."
Back in the wild '70's and (and into the early '80's), the home birth, Earth mother literature - the mainstream stuff you could get at La Leche League and the Tyler, Texas library - had instructions for placenta stew. (My husband and I decided we didn't need protein that bad.)

- by Beverly on Jan 25, 2007 at 5:09 PM | link

This is quite an interesting post. Imagine all the diseases that could possibly be reversed (ex. diabetes) with stem cells. Although this is a cost efficient method of preserving stem cells, I just don't know about the average Joe doing this in their garage. I understand that learning sterile technique is a simple skill to learn, however, many will probably contaminate the work area without even knowing. This is just a risk that those will have to take. I just would not feel comfortable (myself) harvesting stem cells, let alone other people with my skills or less.
One question, (because all of this is new to me and I am no bio- anything) What is DMSO and what does is it do?

- by T. Przybysz on Jan 26, 2007 at 1:49 PM | link

All I can say is wow. This is a very interesting blog with the huge technique that is required to do this, I’m my opinion, I would like to see a garage that you can actually do a sterile technique in. In the mist of a cluddered garage is the little placenta lab in the corner. All kidding aside, this is an interesting topic that I’m sure is going to become more real in the future with placenta research. Until then, a lot will be thrown away with no purpose. It would be nice to be able to save your own cells for your family. I just don't see the average peron being able to do this technique perfectly in a garage.

- by Diane Annarino-Kot on Jan 27, 2007 at 1:34 AM | link

This article astounded me. To think that people who are not trained are attempting to do this. It could be very dangerous. Sterile technique is nothing to mess with. A garage is not somewhere that I think of to be "sterile" in any means. This may be an option in the future, but maybe it is because I am a "country girl" and know what the garages look like around here that I can not see this as a good idea. The whole topic if stem cells fascinates me though. It amazes me something so little can do so much!

- by Vanessa Nolf on Jan 27, 2007 at 5:41 PM | link

Tissue banks if regulated could be a good thing..we need to become smartert than the germs out there ..but leave it to the right people who will do it claen and regulated appropriately...no to cloning though!

- by Diane on Jan 28, 2007 at 3:07 PM | link

This is a cool blog and quite interesting but not at all practical in my opinion. Stem cell research is really interesting to me and I'm amazed by what scientists are doing. Swiping stem cells from a placenta (never mind how or where the placenta came from) in the garage next to the family mini van and dads tool chest doesn't exactly sound like a sterile environment nor does it sound safe. Interesting but not practical.
Dana

- by Dana on Feb 6, 2007 at 10:58 PM | link

What's it coming to? This is reminiscent of Jeff Goldblum in "The Fly" when he inadvertently cross-hatches his DNA with a common housefly in a lofty but failed attempt to refine teleportation. While the stem cell research promise of "Oh-I'm-new-again regeneration" is interesting, let's face it--it won't happen with cells culled from the garage. Yuck. Forget sterile. Try reversing old age with plain old non-exciting common sense and right living.
Denise

- by Denise on Feb 12, 2007 at 1:22 PM | link