Umbilical cord cells and bone marrow cells certainly have traditionally been the most talked-about sources of stem cells. Although those sources of cells are sources of ‘adult’ stem cells, they are costly, highly invasive and always painful to harvest. In addition, red blood cells are not adult stem cells and also cannot be used for generation of iPSC’s. The discovery of iPSC technology has unlocked the ability to use adult cells as pluripotent stem cells. Acorn’s proprietary transport medium allows you to collect whole hair follicles from your head that contain live cells and safely transport those follicles back to our lab. Acorn’s non-invasive method lets you leverage the innovation behind iPSC technology and removes the historical challenges of highly invasive cell collection methods.
