Should parents save children’s cord blood?
Once-in-a-lifetime Opportunity
Precious Gift of Children
Cord blood is rich of Hematopoietic Stem Cells
A lifelong guard insurance for children himself and family
Why Bank Cord Blood?
Cord blood has significant medical value and can be used widely in transplant medicine, it’s also regarded as “The First Gift” from God to a baby. Collecting cord blood is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at the time of delivery.
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Stem Cells Therapy
Cord blood is rich of Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSCs), collecting cord blood is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at the time of delivery. HSCs have been used to treat up to 80 diseases5.
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Powerful Medical Value
Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSCs) are found in cord blood, bone marrow and peripheral blood. They have the potential to develop into different blood components, such as red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
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High HLA Matching
Cord blood is immunologically tolerant and can be transplanted without full HLA matching, increasing access to transplantation for patients lacking matched adult donors.
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Potential Clinical Trial
Beyond the current treatments, clinical trials are underway for cord blood’s use in strokes, heart disease, diabetes and many more regenerative therapies5.
Merits of Banking Cord Blood
Cord blood has significant medical value and can be used widely in transplant medicine, it’s also regarded as “The First Gift” from God to a baby. Collecting cord blood is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at the time of delivery. It is recommended saving the precious cord blood for your baby.
Pure
Less polluted by radiation, viruses and medicines.
Regenerative
High regenerative power.
Easily Available
Obtain from placenta and umbilical cord, no medical risk to mother and infant.
Ready-to-use
Immediately usable after thawed, no searching time is needed.
Low Rejection
The recipient is at lower risk of complications by cord blood transplant, no rejection for own use and low rejection when donating to others.
Easier to Match
Your baby isn’t the only one who may benefit from having access to preserved newborn stem cells. The cells can potentially be used by siblings and parents, too. In many cord blood treatments, stem cells from a matched family member are preferred.
Lower Cost for Collection
Cord blood belongs to the baby, therefore no need to spend a huge amount of money for searching and purchasing.
Perfect Match
100% match for autologous transplants.
Most Asked Questions by Parents Related to Cord Blood Banking
What disease can cord blood heal?
Until today, up to 80 diseases had been treated with cord blood transplants5. They could be divided into 7 categories, namely: Leukemia, Lymphomas, other Disorders of Blood Cell Proliferation, Inherited Disorders of Immune System, Inherited Metabolic Disorders, other Cancers and others.
What is the difference between cord blood and umbilical cord?
Cord blood and umbilical blood contain two different stem cells which are widely adopted in different medical aspects. Cord blood is a rich source of HSCs which can create the blood and immune cells. Cancers, blood-related, immunity and metabolic diseases can be treated by cord blood. Umbilical cord is a rich source of MSCs which can create structural and connective tissues. Apart from minimizing GvHD in directed and unrelated allogeneic cord blood transplants, MSCs can potentially apply to chronic illnesses treatment, regenerative medicines as well as organ and tissue engineering5,6. Since cord blood and umbilical cord are rich sources of different types of stem cells, they may help to repair the body in different ways.
How much does the cord blood storage service charge?
Entrusted by most parents in Hong Kong1, HealthBaby has a very comprehensive service coverage. Apart from the traditional liquid nitrogen storage plan, HealthBaby also pioneered to provide the advanced BioArchive® System. All storage plan of HealthBaby adopts the expensive liquid nitrogen as storage medium to provide the most stable tempertature for stem cell viability, providing the most quality umbilical cord and cord blood storage service.
To cater for different needs of clients, HealthBaby's cord blood and umbilical cord storage plan have very flexible and comprehensive service plan. Regarding cord blood plan, clients could select the storage plan base on the storage and processing system needs.
The umbilical cord and cord blood service fee already includes registration fee, processing fee and 18 years storage fee, no any additional charge during the contracted year. Extra discounted would be provided for registering both umbilical cord and cord blood storage plan. HealthBaby existing customers and other cord blood bank customers could also enjoy special offers. Please contact us for deatils and any enquiries.
For more details of cord blood service plan please refer to Service Plan.
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