Stem Cell Treatmeants
Treats Cancers, Anaemia, Sickle Cell,
Leukaemia, Thalassaemia + Much Much More
Stem Cell Treatments - The Future

Collection

Collection is done at the time of birth. The umbilical cord is cut and a specialist phlebotomist will draw blood from the umbilical cord. After the birth, the cord samples and maternal blood are collected by the attending physician or phlebotomist

Processing

Processing will be done at a specialist laboratory where they will separate the stem cells from the rest of the blood. The Volume reduced method is the recommended method done around the world, any banks offering a whole blood service are recommend a product that may become dangerous on transplant

Storage

Samples are stored in cryo frozen state. Most UK cord banks offer banking your cord bank for 25 years

Stem Cell Banking

A cord blood stem cell transplant uses blood stem cells to replace diseased cells with healthy new cells, and rebuild an individual’s blood and immune  system. More recently, cord blood stem cells have been shown  to be able to form other tissues in the body such as nerves, bone cells and hormone producing cells. This means that cord blood also has a major role to play in the field of regenerative medicine.

There is a huge potential here in the treatment of conditions  such as traumatic nerve damage, degenerative bone disease and Diabetes. Research has revealed  positive results in a variety of medical conditions, including ischemic heart  disease,  Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s  disease,  Huntington’s disease and Multiple Sclerosis.

Why Store Stem Cells from Cord Blood?

Storing your baby’s stem cells at the time of birth is a once in a lifetime opportunity to protect your family against serious illness or disease.

In the past the main source of stem cells came from bone marrow. Today however, we’ve found through intensive research that the richest source of stem cells actually comes from the umbilical cord.

The first stem cell transplant using stem cells found in the umbilical cord blood was in 1988. The patient was a little boy suffering from a serious blood disorder called Fanconi’s Anaemia, and the cord blood was obtained from his new born sister.

Since then over 30,000 successful transplants have taken place around  the world and have been used  in the treatment of:

Immune Disorders

  • Chronic Granulomatous Disease,
  • Hystiocytic Disorders;
  • Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency,
  • Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Diseases,
  • Wiskott- Aldrich Syndrome.

Cancer

  • Acute Leukaemia,
  • Chronic Leukaemia,
  • High-Risk Solid Tumors,
  • Hodgkin & Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma,
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes.

Blood Disorders

  • Aplastic Anaemia
  • Beta Thalassemia
  • Diamond-Blackfan Anaemia
  • Fanconi’s Anaemia
  • Sickle Cell Disease

Metabolic Disorders

  • Metabolic Disorders Krabbe Disease
  • Hurler Syndrome
  • Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
  • Sanfilippo Syndrome