Beyond cord blood banking alone: Placenta-Cord banking

While many parents are banking their babies' cord blood, you can do more by banking stem cells from 2 usable sources of stem cell-rich blood: the umbilical cord and the placenta. This service is called Placenta-Cord banking, and it's available only from LifebankUSA^®.

Banking placental blood in addition to cord blood doubles the number of segments preserved and increases the total number of stem cells available.¹ This is important for 2 reasons. First, transplanting more stem cells has been shown to increase the probability of transplant success and survival.^2-4 Second, having multiple segments available may offer the potential to treat additional conditions that may affect your baby and/or other close family members (blood relatives).

Only LifebankUSA is registered with the FDA for stem cells collected from both the umbilical cord and the placenta (Placenta-Cord banking).

An expert's view on Placenta-Cord banking

Mitchell Cairo "I recommend combining placenta-derived stem cells and cord blood because it gives you the most cells possible-including more of the stem cells that matter most for a potentially lifesaving transplant. LifebankUSA is the only cord blood banking company that provides placenta-derived stem cells and cord blood stem cell banking to families."

Mitchell Cairo, MD.
Chief, Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transfusion Division
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presb

A renowned pediatric blood and cancer specialist and researcher with a distinguished 25-year career in medicine, Dr. Cairo has saved countless lives through stem cell transplants and his advances in therapeutic research. Dr. Cairo is Chief of the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Division at the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Pathology at Columbia University, New York, NY.

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

References:

Data on file A, LifebankUSA; 2010.
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Schoemans H, Theunissen K, Maertens J, Boogaerts M, Verfaillie C, Wagner J. Adult umbilical cord blood transplantation: a comprehensive review. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2006:38(2):83-93.
Scaradavou A, on behalf of the National Cord Blood Program. Unrelated umbilical cord blood unit selection. Semin Hematol.47:13-21.