Stem Cells Stored In Baby Teeth Could Help Unlock Cure For Diseases

By Kathy Walsh
DENVER (CBS4)– For years, parents have been paying to store their children’s umbilical cord blood. Research has shown the stem cells have the potential to treat diseases later in life. But if you missed storing cord blood, there is another option.
Parents, like Jennifer and John Hess of Lakewood, are banking on the lifesaving potential in baby teeth.
Nine-year-old Alex Hess has Type 1 diabetes.
“I don’t really remember life without it,” Alex told CBS4