People throw away the broken milk tooth of their children but do you know they may save their lives one day?
Baby teeth are source of stem cells which can turn into other cells including fat, bones and nerves. This is the cell which grows during the period baby is in mother’s womb.
These stems cells are already being used to treat blood disorders, cancer and leukemia and it is expected that soon these stems cells will be used to treat other problems including repairing nervous system.
In best stem cells only sources were babies’ umbilical cord or bone marrow but now this discovery had made it easier. The discovery was made by an American stem scientist Dr Songtao Shi by accident when he noticed the pulp in his daughters’ baby tooth.
Now after this discovery people are sending their baby tooth to laboratories who preserve it for future use.