The LifebankUSA^® Advantage
All cord blood banking is not the same

With LifebankUSA, you may choose to simply bank cord blood alone, blood from both the placenta and the umbilical cord. And you have the option of adding free tissue banking. Either way, there are many excellent reasons to choose LifebankUSA. We consistently strive to exceed industry and regulatory standards. For instance, we process your baby's cord blood to, on average,99% purity,^*21 while some other cord blood banks have purity levels of approximately 71%.^22,23

In addition, the LifebankUSA collection process is heparin-free because LifebankUSA uses a FDA recommended anticoagulant called citrate phosphate dextrose (CPD) in its cord blood collection bag.

Finally, LifebankUSA is also backed by the resources and reputation of Celgene Corporation, a world-class biopharmaceutical company (see page 12 for details).

Bottom line: Whether you want to bank both placental and cord blood or cord blood alone, with or without tissue, you want LifebankUSA.

When you bank with LifebankUSA, we include tissue banking (tissue from the placenta) for free.* Placental tissue contains mesenchymal cells (MSCs) and MSC-like cells. While stem cells found in cord blood and placenta blood have been used to successfully treat patients, there are currently no approved uses for stem cells derived from the umbilical cord or placenta tissue. Possible therapeutic applications are in early research stages and LifebankUSA's parent company is actively involved in their development.

LifebankUSA will store the placenta tissue for you as part of our complete banking package using our cryogenic tanks for long-term preservation. In the event your baby's tissue cells are ever needed for future therapies, the tissue may then be processed and cultured using available technology at that time**.

*Storage fees apply after the first year
**Clients will be responsible for the cost of shipping the tissue and any culturing or expansion of the cells.

Additional information available at: http://www.aabb.org/sa/facilities/celltherapy/Pages/cordbloodfaqs.aspx

Stem cells from placental and cord blood are indicated to rebuild blood. View Product Information.