Introducing My BritMums Live Sponsor – BioEden

I am so excited to introduce you to my BritMums Live sponsor BioEden.

BioEden are helping thousands of people to protect their children’s future health by storing their tooth stem cells. You may not know this, but your child’s milk teeth contain hugely important stem cells. These cells are unique and have the potential to repair and restore, and one day they could even save their life. Stem cells have been successfully used to grow replacement skin, tracheas and corneas and also used to repair hearts after heart attack. It is widely believed that stem cell therapy can be used in the treatment of conditions such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, spinal cord injury, juvenile diabetes, ALS, MS and certain forms of cancer.

Stem cell treatment offers one of the most promising paths to curing medical conditions, injures and diseases and safeguarding the health of future generations.  Baby teeth have been proven to provide a rich source of adult stem cells with the potential to treat and cure a vast number of illnesses and diseases.

What are stem cells?

Stem cells are the body’s master cells and are responsible for the ability to repair common injury. All stem cells are unique and have differing abilities.  The two common types of stem cells used in treating illnesses/injuries are Mesenchymal stem cells and Hematopoietic stem cells. Coming from different places in the body, they have completely different therapeutic applications.

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are a well-characterised population of adult stem cells. These cells, found in teeth as well as in the bone marrow, can form a variety of cell types in the laboratory, including fat cells, cartilage, bone, tendon and ligaments, muscle cells, skin cells and even nerve cells.

Unlike other types of adult stem cells the Mesenchymal cells from teeth can be obtained and used for medical use, especially in human tissue repair. They can regenerate and repair bone, cartilage, muscle, skin, heart, and nerve tissue. They have been used for heart repair, bone regeneration, growing replacement trachea for transplant, liver regeneration, and reversal of diabetes to name but a few.

Benefits of storing your child’s tooth stem cells

It is totally non-invasive to retrieve and store the stem cells. They are extracted from your child’s naturally shed milk teeth.  These stem cells could one day improve or even save your child’s life.  Storing these cells now when they are in the best condition they will ever be in, means that your child will have them ready if ever they need; meaning no waiting for a possible match and no chance of rejection.  For information on treatment and therapy from tooth stem cells click here.

Before I came across BioEden I had no idea that something as simple as milk teeth could be harnessed to potentially save your child’s life, if that awful situation arose.

To find more about this amazing technology and the flexible storage options from as little as £5 per month pop over to the BioEden site.

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