About this episode
In this interview, Dr. Rhonda Patrick talks to Dr. Frans Kuypers about his lab's discovery on how the human placenta is a rich source of pluripotent stem cells, and yet the placenta is thrown away after delivery. In this episode, we discuss... (00:00) Introduction (04:39) The human placenta as a source of hematopoietic cells (11:30) Pluripotent cells can differentiate into any cell in the human body (13:03) Public banking of abundant pluripotent placental stem cells (18:06) Therapeutic applications of stem cells (22:56) Stem cells as part of a physician's toolkit (28:56) Epigenetics of induced pluripotent stem cells (34:49) Biogenerators could use young cells to produce growth factors and other chemicals (38:36) Transferring blood from young mice into old mice regenerates tissues using GDF11 (43:32) Opportunities and challenges of banking stem cells (52:49) Stem cells could eliminate deaths due to lack of bone marrow donors (56:37) The way we fund research isn't optimal for society If you're interested in learning more, you can read the full show notes here . Join over 300,000 people and get the latest distilled information straight to your inbox weekly: https://www.foundmyfitness.com/newsletter Become a FoundMyFitness premium member to get access to exclusive episodes, emails, live Q+A's with Rhonda and more: https://www.foundmyfitness.com/crowdsponsor