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Bin Them or Bank Them? [Stem Cell Brochure]

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8 What have cord blood stem cell therapies done so far? 1 blood-related disease was treated year 1988 year 2007 year 2012 year 2020 40 types of diseases were treated 80 types of diseases were treated Who knows what the future still holds, but it looks promising Blood stem cell transplants have been performed for more than 50 years and have been used to treat or cure more than 80 potentially life threatening blood related diseases like leukaemia, lymphoma and bone marrow failures. Within the Cryo-Save Group internationally, there have been 18 stem cell releases to date - to centres such as Duke University North Carolina, USA, Kliniek Pediatrische Hematologie en Oncologie Frankfurt, Germany and Kinderspital Zurich, Switzerland. One cord blood unit was released from cryo-save sa, which was for diagnostic genetic testing for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. This confirms that the cryo-save south africa laboratory aligns with international standards, validating the standards of our cord blood products. 14/18 have been for autologous (own stem cells) & sibling transplants 4/18 have been for clinical trails for cerebral palsy sample releases frOm cryO-save fOr treatment more than 35 000 cord blood transplants have been performed to date

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