Where do our stem cells come from?
Our cells come from laboratories that have to be accredited and approved using GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) medical standards. This means that they are able to be FDA (US Food & Drug Administration) approved and this therefore guarantees ultimate quality and safety. We will not use cells that are not GMP approved and passed.
Many institutions and research facilities such as ours offer the prospect of storing your own cord blood, or even cryopreserving the placental cord. These make ideal stem cell banks for use at a later date. These stem cells are immunologically privileged (that is they are not capable of generating an immune response and hence, not rejected) and therefore can be used in many individuals. Our Stem Cell practice is the only legal treatment centre that permits the legal use of these banked cord blood stem cells.
We do not use any stem cells that can or have been associated with the risk of cancer and will not and do not use embryonic stem cells.
No risk of cancer arising directly from the haematopoietic donor stem cells has been observed in the last 40 - 50 years of treating patients with bone marrow transplants; nor is there any evidence to date from our studies or other researchers that cord blood stem cells cause cancer. To date there have now been over 7500 patients treated with stem cells world wide.
