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Saving your baby's cord blood at birth
could save the lives of your baby
and other family members in the future |
| Cord blood is fetal blood left over in the placenta and umbilical cord after a baby is delivered |
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Cord Blood:
- Is rich in hematopoietic (blood-forming)
stem cells
- Contains additional valuable, therapeutic stem cells
- unrestricted somatic stem cells (USSC)
- mesenchymal stem (stromal) cells (MSC)
- endothelial progenitor cells (EPC)
- Has been successfully used to treat nearly 80 life-threatening diseases
- Has been used in clinical trials to repair damaged tissues and organs, and the outcomes have been promising
- Can only be saved at birth - Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
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Cord Blood Banking Quality |
Extracting more cells from cord blood during processing
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A higher chance of the cord blood being used when a transplant is required |
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His cord blood saved his life |
Adrian was diagnosed with stage 4
neuroblastoma when he was only
10 months old. As part of his treatment,
he received a transplant of his own
cord
blood stem cells, and is now a healthy boy. |
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Get your brochure |
For an overview of cord blood banking, please refer to our brochure, which is available in three languages. |
| English / French / Chinese |
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| CORD BLOOD STEM CELLS NEWS |
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