Understanding Cord Blood Banking vs. Stem Cell Banking
At VitalCells, we process and store potentially billions of your child’s live stem cells. Traditional cord blood and cord tissue banks do not provide
1) enough live stem cells for your child,
2) access to these cells or
3) processing to VitalCells standard to ensure these cells are safely secured throughout the child’s life. Parents should ask: How many live stem cells are you banking?
Two Sources Of Stem Cells:
Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSCs) - from the cord blood
- For matched donors use (not intended for your child’s use)
- Used to treat rare blood diseases and disorders
- Transplants (replacing the blood and immune system with donor cells)
- Limited number of cells in cord blood and often not enough for one treatment
- Cells cannot be replicated
Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) - from cord tissue and cord blood
- Intended for autologous, personal use (for the child banked)
- Clinical trials and studies using these cells for orthopedic, autoimmune, neurologic and other conditions
- Used in regenerative medicine to help the body repair itself from injury or disease
- Limited number of cells if not culture expanded (grown)
- Can naturally self-replicate to potentially make billions of cells-(CellMaxx)
- Ability to differentiate into several cell types, including bone, cartilage, fat, and muscle cells
- Have strong anti-inflammatory properties and can promote tissue repair by releasing growth factors that support healing
When banked at VitalCells, cells can be utilized throughout the child's life, not for just single use cases.
Your child's own stem cells can potentially enhance these benefits as these are your child’s youngest cells stored in time. The best time to bank stem cells is at birth