Community Stem Cell Banking is a comprehensive solution that provides access to your baby's preserved stem cells for own use, and also giving you an access to donor stem cells thereby bringing the unique benefits of both private and public banks.
Silent benefits are -
1. The parents preserve their baby’s umbilical cord stem cells with community stem cell partner.
2. The stem cells preserved from each baby forms a community of cord blood units with no exclusive ownership for the parent after the initial n years.
3. The stem cells are HLA typed and grouped for immediate retrieval by the community members of the stem cell bank.
4. The preserved cord blood stem cell units can be accessed by any member of the community including the parents when required.
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