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Extend the Life-Saving Benefits of Community Stem Cell Banking to Your Siblings and Their Family!

Familyfloater

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With Familyfloater; your siblings, their spouses, as well as their children can enjoy the life-saving benefits of community banking and get access to the largest registry of Indian origin stem cells without needing to have a baby themselves.

Eligibility: Only existing community banking members

₹10,000.00

What's Included?

All LifeCell community banking members who wish to share the protection of community stem cell banking to their extended family’s health can now do so at a very affordable price and without necessarily needing to have made a personal contribution themselves to the community.

Finding a Matched Unit

LifeCell’s inventory of > 60,000 qualified units available for matching within the community registry is the largest in the country, thereby providing highest chances (>97%) of finding a suitably matched unit

Free search for matching stem cells within LifeCell Community Inventory (StemMatch) & also within other registries worldwide.

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Release for Transplant

With Family Floater, an unlimited number of matching units are also available for withdrawal by the parents’ siblings, (even siblings who have not yet planned a family) their spouse and grown up children (>2 years), 2 years post enrolment.

Release is subject to usage in treatment of approved indications and registered clinical trials.

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Other Benefits

Treatment for 82+ life-threatening disorders.

Unlimited sample retrievals at no extra cost

Free comprehensive pre-release testing & free worldwide shipment of matched units for transplant.

Quality guarantee & disaster relief.

Family Floater Tree

Parents’ Siblings

Their Spouses

Their Children (>2 years)
Why Choose Family floater?
It is a once in a lifetime chance for your extended family members to benefit from the opportunity of having access to a pristine and precious source of stem cells which has several advantages compared to other sources.
Significant Need for Stem Cells

Below is the risk of an individual being diagnosed of common blood cancers at some point in a lifetime*:

Leukemia: 1 in 62

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: 1 in 48

Myeloma: 1 in 125

India has a high burden of inherited red cell diseases such as Thalassemia & Sickle Cell Disease (2.5 Lakh patients) where stem cell transplant is the only curative treatment option

*As per National Cancer Institute, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program
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Cord is Easier to Match

For stem cell matching there are between 6-10 parameters that need to be matched, with each parameter having between 2000-4000 variants.

Adult bone marrow requires 9-10 parameters to be matched.

However Umbilical Cord Blood requires only 6-8 parameters to be matched thereby making it 10-100x more easier to find a match.

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Readily Available & No Additional Cost

Umbilical Cord blood stem cells being frozen are 100% available and ready for immediate release. Further withdrawal of matching units from the community inventory is totally free.

Even in advanced countries like the US about 50% of registered adult donors back out at the time of medical need. In some cases, since the donor is required to travel, there could be delays in access. Further there are significant costs in making arrangements for sourcing these cells.

Recommended by Experts

Community cord blood banking has the benefits of both private banking and public banking and hence is a superior option.

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No wonder it’s supported by leading medical experts unlike private banking which has been criticised- as inherited disorders make it unfit for baby’s own use & can only be withdrawn once for family use.

Public cord blood banks in India have limited inventory and are not growing due to lack of financial aid. Further they charge upto ₹10 lakhs for releasing a matching unit.
Increasing Success Rates with Cord Blood

Success rates for cord blood transplants are improving with each passing year due to innovations such as:

Improved chemotherapy regimens that have led to lower transplant related mortality, lesser rejections, earlier patient discharge and lower complications

Multiplying the number of cord blood stem cells in the lab or supplementing them with other stem cell sources has shown to accelerate the time to immune recovery without increase in side effects

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Limited Indian-Origin Donors & Units

Representation of adult donors of Indian origin is less than 1% in global registries, and size of Indian donor registries is significantly sub-optimal (<1 Million Donors) to provide reasonable access to a matching donor

Inventory of cord blood units within public banks in India is still very small (<10,000 units collectively)
Treatable Conditions

Over 50,000 stem cell transplants occur worldwide each year for treatment of 90+ conditions approved currently, and the researchers are continuing to investigate its use in several more indications.

Inherited Blood Disorders

Acute Myelofibrosis

Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia (Myelofibrosis)

Amyloidosis

Aplastic Anemia (Severe)

Beta Thalassemia Major

Blackfan-Diamond Anemia

Congenital Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia (CAT)

Congenital Cytopenia

Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia

Dyskeratosis Congenita

Essential Thrombocythemia

Fanconi Anemia

Glanzmann’s Thrombasthenia

Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)

Polycythemia Vera

Pure Red Cell Aplasia

Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts (RAEB)

Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts in Transition (RAEB-T)

Refractory Anemia with Ringed Sideroblasts (RARS)

Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome

Sickle Cell Disease

Inherited Immune Disorders

Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency (SCID)

Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome (SCID)

Chediak-Higashi Syndrome (SCID)

Chronic Granulomatous Disease

Congenital Neutropenia

DiGeorge Syndrome

Evans Syndrome

Fucosidosis

Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)

Hemophagocytosis Langerhans’ Cell Histiocytosis (Histiocytosis X)

IKK Gamma Deficiency (NEMO Deficiency)

Immune Dysregulation, Polyendocrinopathy, Enteropathy, X-linked (IPEX) Syndrome

Kostmann Syndrome (SCID)

Myelokathexis

Omenn Syndrome (SCID)

Phosphorylase Deficiency (SCID)

Purine Nucleoside (SCID)

Reticular Dysgenesis (SCID)

Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Diseases (SCID)

Thymic Dysplasia

Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome

X-linked Agammaglobulinemia

X-Linked Hyper IgM Syndrome

X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Disorder

Inherited Errors in Metabolism

Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria (Gunther Disease)

Gaucher Disease

Hunter Syndrome (MPS-II)

Hurler Syndrome (MPS-IH)

Krabbe Disease

Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome

Mannosidosis

Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome (MPS-VI)

Metachromatic Leukodystrophy

Mucolipidosis II (I-cell Disease)

Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (Batten Disease)

Niemann-Pick Disease

Sandhoff Disease

Sanfilippo Syndrome (MPS-III)

Scheie Syndrome (MPS-IS)

Sly Syndrome (MPS-VII)

Tay Sachs

Wolman Disease

X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy

Blood Cancers

Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)

Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)

Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia

Adult T Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma

Chronic Active Epstein Barr

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)

Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)

Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML)

Juvenile Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (JCML)

Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)

Myeloid/Natural Killer (NK) Cell

PrecursorAcute Leukemia

Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Prolymphocytic Leukemia

Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency

Rhabdomyosarcoma

Thymoma (Thymic Carcinoma)

Wilms Tumor

How To Add Members to the Family Floater Plan?

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Enjoy the life-saving benefits of community banking 2 years post enrolment.*

*The fee is Independent of the chosen storage plan.

Why choose LifeCell?

Licensed & Most Accredited

Licenced by DCGI, and accredited several times with agencies such as WHO, FDA, NABL, ISO, AABB and many more.

Best Matchmaker

Our inventory of 60,000+ and growing community stem cell units offers the highest chances (>97%) worldwide of finding acceptable match for patients of Indian origin.

Most Experienced

India’s first and largest private stem cell bank, in partnership with CryoCell International - world’s first private stem cell bank, with more units released for transplant from India than any other bank to treatment centers worldwide including US, Singapore, & more.

Highest Retrieval Experience

78 sample retrievals with 59 retrievals in India across 14 hospitals in metro & non-metro cities. 19 samples shipped internationally across US, Singapore, Thailand & Georgia. 15 medical conditions treated including β thalassemia major, lymphoma spastic cerebral palsy, autism disorder & more!

Hear What Doctors and Transplant Beneficiaries Have to Say

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A Father's Story of Securing His Baby's Future with LifeCell

Stem Cell Transplantation Gives Rebirth to Little Shanaya - A True Story

Frequently
Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Wish To Know More?

Your siblings, their spouses and the children can be added to the family floater plan.

Extended family members can make retrievals 2 years after enrolling for the Family Floater Plan

The Family Floater plan extends the same benefits of Community Banking to your extended family members. Therefore, the enrolled members shall be allowed unlimited retrievals.

Yes, the plan can be extended only to the existing children of your siblings at the time of enrolment.

Regardless of your cord blood banking plan, the cost of adding every additional extended family member will be Rs 10,000.