Its pretty common now to find pregnant women saving the amniotic fluid and having it frozen at the time of birth. We did that ourselves, storing the fluid for the future should our child get cancer, or some other lymphoma. You have to ask for that to be done. Most people don’t think to do it.

(After radiation, the “frozen” fluid can be re-introduced back into the person where the stem cells will migrate and re-establish themselves.)

Stem cells from amniotic fluid already are used for research. But more types just add to the opportunities to find cures.