Haemo Freezing preserves your baby’s stem cells, but if you’re not sure what stem cells are then this will not mean much (yet) so let us explain.
You may have heard about embryonic stem cells in the past and the moral implication of their use but we only use adult stem cells; which are safe and easy to collect and are approved by Doctors and Religious figures around the world.
It all starts after fertilisation. Your baby begins as a cell which multiplies and divides to become a cluster of cells and continues multiplying and dividing to create all the cells in your baby’s body. These original cells are called stem cells and there a variety of them with different properties and uses.
Two key functions of any stem cell are the abilities to multiply and differentiate. This means that a stem cell can create more stem cells but can also create other types of cells as well. They truly are the beginnings (or stem) of life and continue to live within us throughout our lives.
At Stemology, we are focused on two very specific types of Stem Cells. These are known as Haematopoietic (Blood) Stem Cells and Mesenchymal (Tissue) stem cells and are found in the Umbilical Cord just after birth.
Haematopoietic Stem Ce
lls (HSCs) are found in Blood from the Umbilical Cord and can create all types of Blood Cells and also Neural Cells. They can rebuild the entire blood and immune systems and are currently used to treat over 85 conditions.
Historically, HSCs have been obtained from Bone Marrow, however this process is often time-consuming and painful and results are not as convincing as cord blood transplants.
