The most bioactive moment in human biology. Preserved.
Precision preservation of nature's most complex biological material.
Seven biological fractions. Each one optimized.
Your placenta is the most complete nutritional source your body produces during pregnancy — proteins, growth factors, hormones, minerals, and living stem cells, all in one tissue. Mothers have known this for generations. We now have the science to process each fraction for the route your body can actually use. The living cells get banked — for you, your family, or donated for research. Nothing gets wasted.
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From the founders of Artemis Therapeutics — practitioner-led wellness since 2009.
The Problem
Here's what's being thrown away at every birth.
The placenta is the most molecularly complex biological material the human body produces. It contains mesenchymal stem cells, the highest hormone concentrations of a woman's lifetime, growth factors in concentrations unique to placental tissue, and living cells that will never be reproducible from any other source. Thousands of mothers already encapsulate their placentas every year — and report real benefits. But whole-tissue processing treats every fraction the same, even though each one needs something different.
Proteins Need Acid
Collagen, fibronectin, and elastin need stomach acid to break down into usable peptides. That same acid destroys the growth factors sitting right next to them in a whole-ground capsule. One needs the environment that kills the other.
Growth Factors Need Protection
EGF, VEGF, and other signaling molecules need enteric protection to survive transit through the stomach. But enteric coating blocks the very acid your proteins need. You can protect one or digest the other. Not both.
Living Cells Need Cold
Freeze-drying preserves molecular content beautifully — but it can't keep living cells alive. The maternal stem cells in your placental tissue, available only from this one birth, need cryopreservation — a step that traditional processing wasn't built to include.
Mothers have been doing this for a reason — it works. The science now lets us understand why, and optimize each fraction instead of processing them all as one.
The Moonbox Approach
Your biology. Optimized.
Think about what's actually in placental tissue: structural proteins, bioactive peptides, growth factors, hormones, minerals, and living cells. Each one is processed differently by the body. Each one needs a different preservation method and a different delivery route. This is what we do.
What We're Building
The science we've been waiting for. Applied to the tissue we've been wasting.
Fractionated Capsule Kit
True lyophilization — not heat dehydration. Trehalose stabilization to preserve molecular integrity. Sequential separation so each fraction gets the capsule type and coating it actually needs. You receive a complete labeled kit, not a single undifferentiated pill.
- Fractionated, not whole-ground
- Each fraction labeled with contents and delivery rationale
- Professional processing under rigorous protocol
- Pathogen testing included
Maternal Stem Cell Banking
Your own mesenchymal stem cells, from your own placental tissue, cryopreserved at −196°C. This is a one-time collection window. Once the placenta is discarded, these cells are gone. We think that's worth preserving.
- Your own cells, from your own tissue
- Cryopreserved at −196°C in liquid nitrogen
- Available as an add-on to capsule processing
- A preservation option that traditional processing can't provide
Roadmap
Why Now
The window is opening.
Waitlist
Reserve your spot.
We're reserving processing slots for 2026 and 2027 births. We're also building a network of doulas, midwives, and birth workers who want to offer their clients the next step in placental science. If that's you — in either role — we'd love to hear from you.
You're on the list.
We'll be in touch as we approach your birth window.
About
Built by people who've been asking how the body actually works.
Nathalie Babazadeh, L.Ac.
Co-Founder
Licensed acupuncturist and herbalist with 18 years of clinical practice in the Bay Area. Lifelong love of natural medicine and optimal vital health — women's health, Chinese and regenerative medicine, body and mind optimization. Direct experience in stem cell therapeutics. Co-founded Artemis Therapeutics in 2009. MS in Chinese Medicine, Meiji College. Medical Anthropology, UC Berkeley.
Kacey Moe, M.S.
Co-Founder
Holistic nutritionist, movement scientist, and trained birth doula. Co-formulator of all Artemis Therapeutics products. Background spans clinical nutrition, biomechanics, somatic practice, and women's reproductive health. MS in Holistic Nutrition, BS in Kinesiology, University of Texas.
Felix Ihno
Co-Founder
Marketing-tech and operations. Over a decade building digital infrastructure for wellness and longevity brands. Systems thinker — analytics, growth strategy, and AI operations. Has been the technical backbone of Artemis Therapeutics for 8 years. Turns clinical insight into scalable service.