
Pankaj Gupta
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Pankaj Gupta
@pg211183
Running one Healthcare Startup Accelerator (Revenue Scaler) and two funds. 120+ startups in portfolio


















Ancient India has been banking them for 3000 yrs in a way that modern science is only now validating. In South India (Tamil Nadu), there is an ancient practice called the Tayittu/Thayittu. After birth, the umbilical cord stump is dried, powdered, & sealed inside a gold/silver amulet & tied to the child’s waist/arm. According to Vedic tradition & local folklore, if the child fell extremely ill later in life, the amulet was opened, & the powder (the dried cord tissue) was ingested/applied as medicine. Modern researchers have found that even in dried umbilical tissue, certain stromal cell signals & growth factors can remain stable. The Tayittu was essentially a low tech cryobank, based on the belief that the source of life (umbilical tissue) could act as a biological reset button for the body.