BabyCord

You can register with LifeCell anytime before your expected delivery date. We suggest you enrol with us during your second or initial phase of the third trimester to avail an early-bird discount and other exciting offers. Yet to make a decision on stem cell banking? Let our experts help you make the right decision.

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• Enrol: Before childbirth, sign up for stem cell banking on our website by filling up the online enrolment form and make the payment through multiple channels available. You can also call the customer care to make a booking and meet our experts from the comfort of your home.
• Collection kit: Post that you will receive a collection kit. Follow the instructions provided until the big day.
• Sample collection: Ensure to carry the cord blood collection kit to the hospital. Book a paramedic, who will ensure the collection, and shipment of the sample to the lab.
• Testing and processing: Your sample will be tested to check its quality and processed using advanced PrepaCyte-CB® technology.
• Storage & confirmation: You’ll receive your online storage summary and related reports that you can view on your personal dashboard with a TAT of 15 days.

Congratulations! Now you are part of India’s largest cord blood registry.

Bone marrow registries and public banks come with their own limitations such as:

• Since HLA is ethnicity dependent,the chances of finding a matching donor in international registry is less than 10%
• Cost of procuring a matching donor unit in an international registry can be as high as 30 lakhs
• Unfortunately, in India, we do not have any public cord blood bank
• Low chances of finding matched donors in public banks
• High donor dropout rate: The chances of finding a matching donor are 1 in 20,000 people(0.005%).In the Bone Marrow registries very often, the donor refuses at the last moment when the match is found.

Lifecell Community Banking program offers these advantages to its members:

• Exclusive access to all preserved stem cells in its repository.
• Over 60,000 qualified & consented cord blood units are available for allogeneic stem cell transplantations, and this is steadily growing every day.
• The high number of Indian origin samples ensures the chance of finding a perfect matching unit for an Indian patient up to >97%

Since Mesenchymal Stem cells (cord tissue stem cells) are considered to be ‘universal donor cells’, they are being made available off-the-shelf (7 days) for immediate treatment as they don’t need donor-recipient matching. In fact, almost all the current active human clinical trials related to umbilical cord tissue are using MSCs obtained from donated sources.

LifeCell provides DCGI approved expanded MSC’s product (~1000 Mn) derived from donated adult human bone marrow for immediate access or NAC-SCRT approved MSC’s from donated human cord tissue in future (subject to Govt. regulations). LifeCell offers, Unlimited financial assistance of INR 20 lakhs for every stem cell transplantation for baby, siblings & parents. LifeCell has released about 1 crore rupees as financial assistance to its clients to offset stem-cell-related transplant costs.

Cord blood is a fairly simple and non-invasive process to collect. There is absolutely no pain or risk to the mother or child.

LifeCell’s sample collection kit’s unique features that safeguard your baby’s stem cells during transit are:

•Physical Safety:
The outer body of the umbilical cord blood collection kit is made of tough stainless steel. Its jostle-free design ensures that the sample stays in an intact position during transit. It offers maximum physical protection to the sample from external crashes and pressures. •Optimum Temperature Maintenance:
To maintain the stem cell viability (healthy stem cells) in the sample during transit, the ideal temperature range for sample safety is 4 - 28°C. The collection kit's specially customised vacuum insulation ensures prolonged maintenance of the ideal temperature (4 - 28°C) for up to 72 hours. •Space-Saving Compact Design:
At 6120 cm3, the kit occupies 40% less volumetric dimension. Thus, making it smaller compared to the conventional thermocol collection kits. •Eco-Friendly:
The reusable stainless steel box is eco friendly and minimises the environmental hazards compared to the ordinary thermocol kits. •Protects From Contamination:
The stainless steel body of the umbilical cord blood collection kit is water-resistant. It also provides sustained protection from external contaminants and unexpected climate changes occurring during transit. •Space-Saving Compact Design:
At 6120 cm3, the kit occupies 40% less volumetric dimension.

LifeCell uses premier cord blood processing technology, PrepaCyte-CB®. This technology allows the extraction of a maximum number of stem cells and provides superior red blood cell depletion over all other methods. LifeCell is the only stem cell bank in India to offer this unique technology to its customers.

For more information on cord blood processing, click here.

Any technology is beneficial when it adds value to human life. Just after the transplant, there is the highest risk of infection until the new cells engraft. This is because the patient will have fewer white blood cells than normal. White blood cells are the part of the immune system that help prevent or fight infections.

Engraftment usually happens within the first 30 days after the transplant but sometimes can take longer. Engraftment means the new cells are working properly and starting to rebuild the immune system. Engraftment marks the start of the recovery process. White blood cells are the first cells to engraft, followed by red blood cells and platelets.

PrepaCyte-CB harvests the purest form of cord blood stem cells by removing more than 99% RBCs with the highest cell count in the industry (85-90% recovery) and provide the fastest patient recovery within 16 days compared to any other processing technologies. Thus, helps in better transplant outcomes, lesser time for hospitalisation and saves additional cost.

Once the stem cells are tested & processed in our lab, results will be shared via mail within 15 days and you will have access to our personalised dashboard experience. An annual preservation status report with details of the monthly temperature track record is shared once every year.

To know more about how to bank your baby’s stem cells with LifeCell, click here.

Yes! You can now extend stem cell protection to extended family members including biological siblings of the parents, their spouses and the children >2 years with LifeCell’s Family Floater Plan.

LifeCell ensures unlimited and free retrievals of cord blood units to all its members in case of a transplant.

There are a number of studies to prove the adverse effects of genetically mutated donor cells on recipients. Study shows that apparently healthy donors with both inherited and acquired genetic factors can contribute to donor-derived cancers.

LifeCell, under its exclusive safe transplantation program, screens for 1000+ inherited disorders before the retrieval of any stem cell from the registry to ensure the safest and healthiest stem cells are released for transplantation.

When treating blood related medical conditions, the stem cells transplant dose should be at least 25 million TNC per kilogram of patient body weight. As per our published data on our in-house cord blood processing, the median size of our cord blood collections is 98 ml. This corresponds to 650 to 750 million Total Nucleated Cells (TNC) or around 2 million cells that test positive for the stem cell marker CD34. The median RBC depletion achieved was 95.4%.

As per the Indian Academic of Pediatrics(IAP), there is lack of awareness regarding the utility of cord blood stem cells and its uses amongst the obstetricians and paediatricians. According to a survey, researchers found that 58% Indian doctors were unaware of the indications of cord blood stem cells. Another alarming study showed that 90% of doctors felt that umbilical cord blood from a child can be used to treat thalassemia in the same child, which is incorrect2. Autologous (one’s own) cord stem cells cannot be used for treating metabolic disorders, diseases of genetic origin, and haematological cancers. The studies discussed here highlight the need for awareness among the Indian doctors regarding the established and approved indications of cord blood in own and donor stem cell transplantation.

Yes. Not only your baby but your entire family (Parents, Siblings, Maternal and Paternal Grandparents) will also continue to have access to community donor stem cells till 75 years with unlimited access to matching stem cell units and all other benefit programs as applicable.