1. Cord Blood and Cord Tissue Stem Cell Banking
Discover the benefits of banking
your newborn’s stem cells.
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2. Cord Blood and Cord Tissue Stem Cell Banking
Your baby’s umbilical cord is a valuable
source of stem cells that can potentially
treat dozens of diseases.1 Collecting and
preserving these cells is a simple, painless
procedure that can take place after a
vaginal or cesarean birth.
Cord blood and cord tissue stem cell
banking simply preserves what would
otherwise be discarded.
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3. Cord Blood and Cord Tissue Stem Cell Banking
Cord Blood Surrounding Cord Tissue
A rich source of HEMATOPOIETIC stem An additional and abundant source of
cells (HSCs) and MESENCHYMAL stem MSCs
cells (MSCs)
Cord blood stem cells are being With a greater number and variety
used to treat nearly 80 life- of stem cells, patients can
threatening diseases, including significantly increase their chances
emerging areas like cerebral palsy of success in a transplant, and
and type 1 diabetes.2 benefit from the potential to treat
additional disorders. 3-9
NOTE: Medical treatments using family banked cord
tissue are not available today; there is no guarantee
that therapies will be developed in the future.
2. Most of these nearly 80 diseases are
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using cord blood from a sibling. Emerging
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4. Cord Blood and Cord Tissue Stem Cell Banking
If a stem cell transplant is needed, there is an increased chance
of finding an acceptable match within your own family. 10
Transplants using cord blood from a family member are proven
to be more successful than transplants using cord blood from a
non-relative. 11
Access to emerging treatments such as those focused on
cerebral palsy and Type 1 Diabetes, require a patient to use his
or her own cord blood stem cells. 12-13
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5. Cord Blood and Cord Tissue Stem Cell Banking
ViaCord® offers families two options:
Cord Blood Banking OR Cord Blood + Cord Tissue Stem Cell Banking
When you enroll with ViaCord® you’ll receive
a collection kit that contains everything your
doctor will need for a successful collection.
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6. Cord Blood and Cord Tissue Stem Cell Banking
The collection process is simple. After birth, the umbilical cord is clamped and cut,
as it would be even if the stem cells were not being saved:
Cord Blood Collection
The blood remaining in the umbilical cord is
extracted and flows into ViaCord’s ® collection
bag by gravity until it stops. The actual
collection typically takes three to five minutes.
Cord Tissue Collection
If you have chosen to preserve the stem
cells from the surrounding cord tissue the
OB/GYN will place the tissue in the sterile
specimen cup provided by ViaCord®.
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7. Cord Blood and Cord Tissue Stem Cell Banking
Once your newborn’s stem cells are collected ViaCord® will
arrange for a medical courier to come to your bed side, pick
up your collection kit, and facilitate transport to ViaCord’s®
processing facility.
ViaCord® will processes your newborn’s stem cells and place
them in high-quality, secure, long-term storage.
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8. Cord Blood and Cord Tissue Stem Cell Banking
Over 250,000 families have entrusted their cord blood to ViaCord® 14
Cord blood banking is a natural way to
protect your baby or a sibling. Since the
first cord blood stem cell transplant in
1988, over 20,000 have been performed
worldwide.15
Families who bank enjoy the peace of
mind of knowing that their baby’s cord
blood is available should the need for a
medical transplant ever arise.
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9. Cord Blood and Cord Tissue Stem Cell Banking
Storing newborn stem cells with ViaCord is a
unique investment in the health of your family.
talk to a specialist at 1.866.668.4895 or visit www.viacord.com
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10. Cord Blood and Cord Tissue Stem Cell Banking
References
1. Data on file. PerkinElmer, Inc.
2. Most of these nearly 80 diseases are genetic disorders, which would be treated using cord blood from a sibling. Emerging treatments today are
performed with the baby’s own cord blood.
3. Fu YS, Cheng YC, Lin MY, et al. Conversion of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in Wharton’s jelly to dopaminergic neurons in vitro:
potential therapeutic application for Parkinsonism. Stem Cells. 2006;24(1):115-124. Epub 2005 Aug 11.
4. Liu Y, Mu R, Wang S, et al. Therapeutic potential of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
Arthritis Res Ther. 2010;12(6):R210.
5. Ding DC, Shyu WC, Chiang MF, et al. Enhancement of neuroplasticity through upregulation of b1-integrin in human umbilical cord-derived stromal
cell implanted stroke model. Neurobiol Dis. 2007;27(3):339-353. Epub 2007 Jun 18.
6. Anzalone R, Lo Iacono M, Loria T, et al. Wharton’s jelly mesenchymal stem cells as candidates for beta cells regeneration: extending the
differentiative and immunomodulatory benefits of adult mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. Stem Cell Rev. 2010 Oct 23.
[Epub ahead of print.]
7. Tsai PC, Fu TW, Chen YM, et al. The therapeutic potential of human umbilical mesenchymal stem cells from Wharton’s jelly in the treatment of rat
liver fibrosis. Liver Transpl. 2009;15(5):484-495.
8. Maurya DK, Doi C, Kawabata A, et al. Therapy with un-engineered naïve rat umbilical cord matrix stem cells markedly inhibits growth of murine
lung adenocarcinoma. BMC Cancer. 2010;10:590.
9. Wang L, Tran I, Seshareddy K, et al. A comparison of human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells and human umbilical cord-derived
mesenchymal stromal cells for cartilage tissue engineering . Tissue Eng. 2009;15(8)(pt A):2259-2266.
10. Beatty PG, Boucher KM, Mori M, Milford EL. Probability of finding HLA mismatched related or unrelated marrow or cord blood donors. Hum
Immunol. 2000;61(8):834-840. Based on a 3/6 human leukocyte antigen
11. Gluckman, et al., New England Journal of Medicine 1997, pp. 373-381.
12. National Institutes of Health, ClinicalTrials.gov. Umbilical cord blood infusion to treat type 1 diabetes.
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00305344?term=umbilical+cord+blood+diabetes&rank=1. Accessed March 24, 2011.
13. National Institutes of Health, ClinicalTrials.gov. A randomized study of autologous umbilical cord blood reinfusion in children with cerebral palsy .
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT1147653?term=kurtzberg&rank=
14. Data on file. PerkinElmer, Inc.
15. Broxmeyer, “Cell Stem Cell 6”. 8 January 2010. Pg. 21-24
Disclaimer
There is no guarantee that cord blood will provide a cure or be a suitable treatment option for that child or a sibling. Transplant success is dependent
upon many factors including disease type, patient condition, recipient-donor relationship and matching, and more. Use will be determined by a
physician. Cord blood use for emerging treatments is experimental. Medical treatments using family banked cord tissue are not available today; there
is no guarantee that therapies will be developed in the future
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