Storing your baby’s umbilical cord stem cells will grant them access to an array of pre-existing medical treatments and any future technologies developed during their lifetime.
This potentially life-saving step is taken with a simple, non-invasive procedure - and could well be the most valuable investment you will ever make.
What is Stem Cell Banking and why is it so important?
Simply put, it’s the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to preserve powerful stem cells extracted from the umbilical cord blood and cord tissue of a newborn baby. Stem cells are used in advanced medical therapies for more than 85 diseases and are at the forefront of medical research into numerous uncurable conditions. Existing treatments rely on access to stem cells, and by processing the umbilical cord blood and tissue of your baby, LifeCells can extract millions of stem cells to be cryogenically preserved for your family’s future use.
Cryogenically preserving your newborn’s umbilical cord stem cells with LifeCells provides you with the power to choose the most effective treatment paths for your family should the worst ever happen. Currently there are over 7,000 clinical trials involving stem cells going on globally, and the research agenda continues to go from strength to strength, meaning that, by storing your baby’s stem cells with LifeCells, you will grant them access to an array of pre-existing medical treatments and to future stem cell transplant technologies developed during their lifetime.
Why should you save your baby’s cord blood?
You have an amazing opportunity right at the start of your child’s life to preserve a resource that could ensure their long-term health and longevity. This potentially life-saving procedure is a simple and non-invasive step carried out immediately after birth, and it’s one that could well be the most valuable investment you ever make.
There are over a million parents across the world who have placed their child’s umbilical cord stem cells into private storage, with each one of those parents choosing to bank their child’s stem cells for different reasons. Here are some of the most common ones:
A Perfect Match When it comes to the public bank there is no guarantee of finding a perfect stem cell match. Private umbilical cord stem cell banking guarantees a 100% match to your baby, a 25-75% match for siblings and around a 10% match for parents.
Family Sickness Umbilical cord stem cells are used today as standard therapy for more than 85 conditions, including cancers, arthritis and skeletal conditions, diabetes, heart disease, cerebral palsy and inflammation disorders. Having a perfectly matched, and easily accessible source of stem cells could prove an invaluable resource for your baby and family throughout their lifetime.
Immediate Availability Stored stem cells can be accessed immediately with no additional costs. When relying on a public bank it can take weeks or even months to find a match, and sometimes this match is never found. If one is located, the cost to access a publicly stored sample is normally upward of £20,000.
Adoption or Donor Ovum/Sperm Following adoption or the use of donor ovum/sperm, it is not always possible to have access to a biologically related family member. Stem cell banking is a unique opportunity to save these cells in order to guarantee a 100% match, should therapy ever be required.
HOW DOES IT ALL WORK? FIND OUT MORE ABOUT COLLECTION AND STORAGE
LifeCells: The Smart Choice
LifeCells, a private cord blood bank, and one of the newest and most advanced private stem cell banks operating in the field today. As a private bank, we have worked tirelessly to find the highest quality locations, assemble a team of expert staff and develop robust working protocols that ensure we provide a flawless, hassle-free and affordable service to our clients. Here are just a few things that make us the smart choice:
Nationwide reach, personal service: LifeCells are able to harness a nationwide network of nurses, haematologists, doctors, couriers and other specialists to provide our clients with a rapid and reliable service, wherever they are based. Every one of our clients receives their own dedicated customer manager who guides them through the process and is on hand to provide support and answer questions 24/7. Whether it be on delivery day or in the decades that follow, LifeCells is here for you.
Global Science Park facilities: Our base at Discovery Park, Kent, is in the beating heart of the UK’s medical research community. Home to pharmaceutical giants, medical research teams, and a host of science tech start-ups, Discovery Park provides LifeCells with unrivalled laboratory and storage facilities.
An industry-leading client experience: From start to finish, our robust protocols ensure that our clients receive the best possible experience. From the specially designed collection kit, the CQC-regulated nurses, the discreet collection process, tracked and temperature-controlled couriers, exacting laboratory processing protocols, advanced storage facilities and our dedicated team of advisors, as a LifeCells client you will receive an unrivalled service.
A unique ethos: LifeCells are dedicated to providing your child with lifelong access to multiple samples of their stem cells, we are also dedicated to raising public awareness of the benefits and opportunities of stem cell banking and want this service to be accessible to as many people as possible. Our expert team are active members of the medical research community, and we are doing all we can to help further the research agenda and raise public awareness of stem cell therapies.
High security storage
At LifeCells, we know that storing stem cells collected from your newborn’s umbilical cord blood and tissue is literally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so, following their extraction in our labs, the multiple samples are scientifically preserved in specially designed Liquid Nitrogen Freezers. These freezers are located in a separately secured site at Discovery Park that is strictly monitored 24/7 by a trained security team. What is more, all of our freezers are backed up by banks of generators, meaning that your samples are completely secure.
Don’t miss the window that is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to preserve the potential to treat diseases such as Cerebral Palsy, Cancer, Autism and many more advanced future treatments as they become available.
