Coming soon: our new investigative podcast ‘Lost Cells’
Science is a powerful force, but belief and hope are even stronger. SWI swissinfo.ch's new podcast tells the story of the families affected by a private stem cell banking scandal with Switzerland at its heart.
Subscribe for free to our new podcast ‘Lost Cells’ wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple PodcastsExternal link, SpotifyExternal link, and YouTube. Episode one will be released on February 18, 2025.
Listen now to the trailer and get ready to hear this six-part investigative show.
A brand new audio series
‘Lost Cells’ is an original SWI swissinfo.ch trilingual podcast produced in collaboration with Piz Gloria Productions, Studio Ochenta, and Futur Proche.
The series delves into the world of private cord blood banking. A private stem cell, or cord blood, bank is a facility that stores these important, foundation cells for the human body. Parents pay to bank cord blood from a baby’s birth in the hope of using the cells in a potential future medical treatment.
Narrated in English, Spanish, and French by science journalists, Angela Saini, Esther Sanchez and investigative reporter Antoine Harari, the ‘Lost Cells’ podcast is available on all your favorite podcast apps.
Sign up using the form below to get notified when the podcast is released on February 18, 2025.
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