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CRYO-SAVE | THE FAMILY STEM CELL BANK
HAEMATOPOIETIC
STEM CELL
OVER 40 YEARS OF THERAPY
Haematopoietic Stem Cells (HSCs) are responsible for regenerating the different blood cells such as Red Blood
Cells, White Blood Cells and Platelets as well as for rebuilding our immune system.
In the past, the only way to use HSCs in therapy was through bone marrow transplants, which is an uncomfortable
and invasive procedure and, in order for a transplant to be successful, the donor and recipient must be
genetically similar.
If they are too genetically different it could induce Graft vs. Host disease, a common transplant complication,
or the transplant could be rejected.
Scientists have developed ways to derive HSCs from other sources such as Peripheral Blood. Umbilical Cord
Blood is becoming a preferred source of HSCs, especially for treatment of paediatric patients.
STEM CELL
HEMATOPOIETIC
STEM CELL
ERYTHROCITES
PLATELETS
BASOPHILS
EOSINOPHILS
NEUTROPHILS
MONOCYTE
T LYMPHOCYTES
B LYMPHOCYTES
NK CELLS
MYELOID
PROGENITOR
LYMPHOID
PROGENITOR
