Cord blood banking is a way to preserve valuable stem cells in your newborn’s umbilical cord, known as hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs).
The blood from a newborn’s umbilical cord can be collected at birth and processed in a lab to extract the hematopoietic stem cells for potential future medical use.
Already approved by the FDA to treat over 80 diseases, the hematopoietic stem cells from your child’s umbilical cord blood can be cryogenically stored in a cord blood bank for at least 20 years, and possibly longer.
Cord blood contains stem cells that can be used to treat leukemia, sickle cell anemia, and other liquid tumors. In fact, the FDA has approved the use of cord blood as a treatment for over 80 diseases.
Your child’s cord blood can be collected, processed and cryogenically stored for the future so it will be there needed. Cord blood can be preserved in a private cord blood bank for a family’s exclusive use or donated to a public bank for anyone to use. Cord For Life® offers you both options, so you can decide when you are ready which is best for you and your family.
Cord blood collection is simple and painless. Before giving birth, you will need to get a collection kit sent to you by a cord blood bank. You simply bring the cord blood collection kit with you to the hospital.
The kit comes with everything your OBGYN or midwife will need to collect your child’s cord blood. After your baby is born, they will first clamp and cut the umbilical cord, then insert a needle into the umbilical cord to collect the blood in a special bag.
You simply call the cord blood bank, who will help you with packing the kit and arranging to pick-up the Collection Kit at the hospital and transport it to the lab for processing.
Umbilical cord blood can potentially save someone’s life. When your baby is born, the blood in their umbilical cord contains something unique. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSC’s), the basic building blocks of life, are still in their umbilical cord. These hematopoietic stem cells are only available immediately after your baby is born.
At this point, you have one chance to collect the blood from your child’s umbilical cord, from which these important stem cells can be extracted and saved for potential future medical uses. Once saved in a cryogenic storage tank, these stem cells can be used to treat diseases that harm the blood and immune system, such as leukemia and certain cancers, sickle-cell anemia, and some metabolic disorders.
Umbilical cord blood is rich in hematopoietic stem cells (HSC’s). The FDA has approved the use of HSC’s from cord blood in the treatment of over 80 diseases, including a wide range of cancers, blood, and immune disorders.
Stem cells from umbilical cord blood can be used in transplants, where a physician infuses the saved stem cells into a patient’s bloodstream. Once in the bloodstream, the stem cells go to work healing and repairing damaged cells and tissue.
A parent can absolutely use their child’s cord blood for treatment as long as there is an HLA match between the two individuals. HLA (Human leukocyte Antigen) typing is used to match patients and donors. HLA are proteins — or markers — found on most cells in your body. Your immune system uses these markers to recognize which cells belong in your body and which do not.
A newborn’s cord blood can be used by other family members, including siblings, parents, and grandparents. The child’s blood type does not need to match the grandparent’s for the cord blood to be used. Instead, as long as the recipient is a qualifying HLA match to the child, the cord blood is safe to use. The matching process is similar to that used in matching an organ or bone marrow transplant.
Cord blood has been stored for up to 25 years and possibly longer. Since cord blood banking only began in the late 1980’s, there is no scientific data beyond this point to validate that cord blood can be viable for storage periods longer than this.
The cost of saving umbilical cord blood varies widely. The most important thing is to choose a cord blood bank that will give you the best possible outcomes for your family at a cost that fits your budget. At Cord For Life®, our fees first-year processing fee is $1,999, plus annual storage costs of $150. We offer flexible payment plans and discounted pre-paid storage options.
Cord blood banking is not covered by most insurance plans. However, families with a history of leukemia or other FDA approved conditions and an immediate need for a stem cell transplant may be eligible for insurance to cover some portion of the cord blood banking expense. It is best to check with your insurance company on what cord blood banking expenses are covered by your individual policy.
Cord blood banking may be tax deductible under certain circumstances. If your child or family member has a medical condition with an immediate need for an FDA approved treatment with cord blood, the cost of collection, processing, and storage may be tax deductible. It is best to check with your tax accountant to be sure.
Cord blood banking costs may be an eligible expense with your Medical FSA. Fees related to collection, processing, and storage of your child’s umbilical cord blood may be an eligible medical expense if they will be used for surgery of the child or family member in the near future (generally within one year).
Cord blood can be donated to a public bank to help save the life of someone in need. In fact, according to Be The Match, 14% of transplant patients now receive cord blood that was generously donated to a public cord blood bank. Donating cord blood to a public bank in the United States is free and your baby’s cord blood will be listed on Be The Match Registry®, where it’s available for anyone in need of a transplant.
If you are interested in donating your cord blood, we can help walk you through the process. We have been in the business of collecting, processing, and storing donated cord blood for public use since 1995. Since we also offer private cord blood banking, you have the choice of either option right up until baby is born.
There is no cost to the donor for public cord blood banking. All public cord blood banks cover the costs of collecting, processing and storing cord blood units. The only charges related to public cord blood banking are incurred by the patient when the stem cells are withdrawn for use.
For cord blood stem cells banked privately, there are costs for collection, processing and annual storage, but the stem cells are reserved for the family’s exclusive use. Cord For Life® offers both public and private cord blood banking options and are happy to discuss both with you to help you decide what works best for you and your family.
Donating your child’s cord blood is simple. First you have to meet the eligibility requirements mandated by the government for cord blood donations– these are available on our website. Once you’ve met the government eligibility requirements, you can contact us to request a collection kit. No blood is taken from your baby. It’s only taken from the umbilical cord itself after your baby is born.
Your labor and delivery will not be affected. And when you donate your baby’s cord blood to a public cord blood bank there are no collection or storage costs.
We maintain a strict company policy on all the research we are involved in. In cases where a unit is not eligible for an unrelated transplant or otherwise would be discarded, it may still be suitable for research purposes in pursuit of finding more uses of stem cells for health recovery.
We do not permit involvement in any research that is deemed controversial including cloning, embryonic, or non-health related research. Our purpose is to advance the field in areas focused on health recovery.
Not at this time. Regulations required that all signed documents be originals. We hope to be able to accept forms in electronic format in the near future.
Public donations are regulated by the FDA and AABB to ensure the quality and safety of every product. The health history information is part of this quality system and is designed to prevent collections that could cause harm to the mother, the child and/or the recipient.
In addition, The National Marrow Donor Program® registry is performing a clinical study on cord blood donation and transplantation, it is important that all participants are clearly informed prior to the collection of the study and how the collected data may be utilized.
The additional consents used for both private and public collections are to ensure the mother and her physician/midwife have a thorough understanding of the cord blood collection and testing process.
There is no cost for a publicly donated cord blood collection. Fees do apply for private storage collections.
Public donation collections must be processed and cryopreserved within 48 hours of the time of collection. Unfortunately, current commercial courier services are limited on weekends which prevent us from receiving the unit in the mandatory time-frame.
As a result, publicly donated units cannot be accepted after 3PM (EST) on Friday through 3PM (EST) on Sunday. Private storage units have no restrictions, and will be accepted 7-days a week.
Cord For Life® is one of a very small number of cord blood banks that will accept collections from anywhere within the United States.
There are no physical risks to you or the baby during the collection of newborn cord blood. It is collected from the umbilical cord after delivery when the cord has been clamped and cut.
The success of a stem cell transplant depends on finding a cord blood unit with a similar human leukocyte antigen (HLA) type. Unlike the better known red cell blood typing (O-A-B-AB), doctors use HLA proteins — or markers — found on most cells in your body to determine a stem cell match. Your immune system uses these markers to recognize which cells belong in your body and which do not. Only identical twins will have identical stem cell type.
Because HLA types are based on your genetic code, persons of minority or mixed race need a donor with a similar ethnic background. Unfortunately, because of a lack of donors, minorities often have a very difficult time finding a suitable unit in a public bank and often a matching unit cannot be found.
A cord blood unit is the term used for the blood collected from the umbilical cord and placenta after a baby is born. Cord blood is rich in blood-forming cells known as “Stem Cells” that can be used in transplants for patients with leukemia, lymphoma and many other life-threatening diseases.
Cord blood is one of three sources of cells used in transplant; the other two are bone marrow and peripheral (circulating) blood (also called peripheral blood stem cell or PBSC transplants).
No, umbilical cord blood cells are not the same as embryonic stem cells. Cord blood stem cells are collected from the baby’s umbilical cord and placenta after the baby is born – not from an embryo.
The use of cord blood stem cells for transplant is a routine medical procedure. The first successful cord blood transplant was performed in 1988 using sibling cord cells for the treatment of Fanconi Anemia.
Private storage cord blood stem cell units are collected, processed, cryopreserved and stored for use by the child (autologous) or a designated recipient (family member or other loved one). These units are the property of the mother and child and cannot be used for an unrelated transplant.
Privately storing your baby’s stem cells should be a consideration in families with a history of hereditary diseases which can be treated with stem cells or if your child is a minority or mixed race. Because these units are not for public use, fees do apply. Click here for fee options.
Public donation cord blood stem cell units are collected, processed, cryopreserved, stored and listed on transplant registries which coordinate transplants for patients in need. These units are available to anyone looking for a stem cell “match” unit for transplant.
Mifupa ya umbilical ni njia ya kuhifadhi seli za msingi katika umbilical ya mtoto wako, inayojulikana kama seli za msingi za hematopoietic. Damu kutoka kwa kamba ya umbilical ya mtoto mchanga inaweza kukusanywa wakati wa kuzaliwa na kusindika katika maabara ili kutoa seli za msingi za hematopoietic kwa matumizi ya matibabu ya baadaye. Kwa kuwa tayari imeidhinishwa na FDA kutibu magonjwa zaidi ya 80, seli za msingi za hematopoietic kutoka kwa damu ya kamba ya mtoto wako zinaweza kuhifadhiwa kwa njia ya cryogenic katika benki ya damu ya kamba kwa angalau miaka 20 na labda zaidi. Damu ya kibofu cha utumbo ina chembe za msingi ambazo zaweza kutumiwa kutibu leukemia, anemia ya chembe za mviringo, na uvimbe mwingine wenye umajimaji. Kwa kweli, FDA imeidhinisha matumizi ya damu ya kamba kama matibabu ya magonjwa zaidi ya 80. Damu ya utando ya mtoto wako inaweza kukusanywa, kusindika na kuhifadhiwa kwa cryogenic kwa siku zijazo, hivyo itakuwa huko inahitajika. Damu ya kamba inaweza kuhifadhiwa katika benki binafsi ya damu ya kamba kwa matumizi ya pekee ya familia au kuchangia benki ya umma kwa mtu yeyote kutumia. Cord For Life® inakuandaa kwa njia zote mbili, kwa hivyo unaweza kuamua wakati uko tayari ni ipi bora kwako na familia yako. Kuchukua damu ya utando ni rahisi na hakuna maumivu. Kabla ya kuzaa, unahitaji kupata kit cha kukusanya damu kutoka kwa benki ya damu ya kamba. Unaleta tu kit cha kukusanya damu ya kamba na wewe kwenye hospitali. Kit inakuja na kila kitu OBGYN yako au mama wa kambo itahitaji kukusanya damu ya kamba ya mtoto wako. Baada ya mtoto kuzaliwa, watafanya uchunguzi wa kwanza na kukata kamba ya tumbo, kisha wataingiza sindano ndani ya kamba ya tumbo ili kukusanya damu katika mfuko maalum. Wito wa damu ya kamba ya damu ya kamba ya damu ya kamba ya damu ya kamba ya damu ya kamba ya damu ya kamba ya damu ya kamba ya damu ya kamba ya kamba ya damu ya kamba ya kamba ya damu ya kamba ya kamba ya damu ya kamba ya kamba ya damu ya kamba ya kamba ya kamba ya kamba ya kamba ya kamba ya kamba ya kamba ya kamba ya kamba ya kamba ya kamba ya kamba ya kamba ya kamba. Damu ya kamba ya tumbo yaweza kuokoa uhai wa mtu. Wakati mtoto wako anapozaliwa, damu yake ya umbilical cord ina kitu cha pekee. Chembe za msingi za hematopoietic (HSCs), vipengele vya msingi vya ujenzi wa maisha, bado ziko katika kamba yao ya umbilical. Chembe za msingi za hematopoietic zinapatikana tu mara tu baada ya kuzaliwa kwa mtoto wako. Katika hatua hii, una nafasi moja ya kukusanya damu kutoka kwa kamba ya umbilical ya mtoto wako, ambayo seli hizi muhimu za shina zinaweza kuchukuliwa na kuhifadhiwa kwa matumizi ya matibabu ya baadaye. Baada ya kuhifadhiwa katika chupa ya kuhifadhi, seli hizi za shina zinaweza kutumika kutibu magonjwa yanayoharibu damu na mfumo wa kinga, kama vile leukemia na saratani fulani, anemia ya seli za sickle, na matatizo fulani ya kimetaboliki. Damu ya kamba ya tumbo ni tajiri katika seli za msingi za hematopoietic (HSCs). FDA imeidhinisha matumizi ya HSC kutoka damu ya kamba katika matibabu ya magonjwa zaidi ya 80, ikiwa ni pamoja na aina mbalimbali za saratani, damu, na matatizo ya kinga. Chembe za msingi kutoka kwa damu ya kamba ya tumbo zinaweza kutumiwa katika upandikizaji, ambapo daktari huingiza chembe za msingi zilizohifadhiwa katika mtiririko wa damu ya mgonjwa. Mara tu zinapopatikana katika damu, chembe hizo za msingi huanza kuponya na kurekebisha chembe na tishu zilizoharibiwa. Kwa mfano, mtoto anaweza kutumia damu ya kamba ya mtoto wake kwa matibabu ya watoto wake, ikiwa kuna usawa wa HLA kati ya watoto hao wawili. HLA (Human Leukocyte Antigen) ni aina ya damu inayotumiwa kuunganisha wagonjwa na wafadhili. HLA ni protini au alama zinazopatikana kwenye seli nyingi za mwili wako. Mfumo wako wa kinga hutumia alama hizi kutambua ni chembe zipi zinahusika na mwili wako na zipi hazihusiani. Damu ya utando ya mtoto mchanga inaweza kutumiwa na washiriki wengine wa familia, kutia ndani ndugu, wazazi, na babu na nyanya. Aina ya damu ya mtoto haihitaji kufanana na ile ya babu na nyanya ili damu ya kamba itumiwe. Kwa hivyo, ikiwa mteja ana uwezo wa kupata damu ya kamba, ni salama kutumia. Utaratibu wa kulinganisha ni sawa na ule unaotumiwa katika kulinganisha kiungo au upandikizaji wa uti wa mgongo. Damu ya utando wa utando huhifadhiwa kwa miaka 25 au zaidi. Kwa kuwa benki ya damu ya kamba ilianza mwishoni mwa miaka ya 1980, hakuna data ya kisayansi zaidi ya hatua hii kuthibitisha kwamba damu ya kamba inaweza kuwa hai kwa vipindi vya kuhifadhi zaidi ya hii. Gharama ya kuhifadhi damu ya kamba ya tumbo hutofautiana sana. Ni muhimu kuchagua benki ya damu ya kamba ambayo itakupa matokeo bora kwa familia yako kwa gharama inayofaa bajeti yako. Kwa mfano, kwa ajili ya Cord for Life, malipo ya mwaka wa kwanza ni $ 1,999, pamoja na gharama za kuhifadhi za kila mwaka za $ 150. Tunatoa mipango ya malipo rahisi na discounted chaguzi za kuhifadhi kabla ya kulipwa. Mifumo mingi ya bima haifai kuhifadhi damu ya utando. Hata hivyo, familia zilizo na historia ya leukemia au hali nyingine zilizoidhinishwa na FDA na mahitaji ya haraka ya kupandikiza seli za shina zinaweza kustahili bima ili kufunika sehemu ya gharama za benki ya damu ya kamba. Ni bora kuangalia na kampuni yako ya bima juu ya nini gharama za benki ya damu ya kamba ni kufunikwa na sera yako ya mtu binafsi. Benki ya damu ya utando yaweza kupunguzwa kodi chini ya hali fulani. Ikiwa mtoto wako au mwanachama wa familia ana hali ya matibabu na haja ya haraka ya matibabu ya FDA iliyopitishwa na damu ya kamba, gharama ya ukusanyaji, usindikaji, na uhifadhi inaweza kupunguzwa kodi. Ni afadhali uulize mhasibu wako wa kodi ili uwe na uhakika. Gharama za benki ya damu ya utando inaweza kuwa gharama inayostahili na FSA yako ya Matibabu. Gharama za kukusanya, kusindika, na kuhifadhi damu ya kamba ya mtoto wako zinaweza kuwa gharama za matibabu zinazostahili ikiwa zitatumiwa kwa upasuaji wa mtoto au mwanachama wa familia katika siku zijazo (kwa ujumla ndani ya mwaka mmoja). Damu ya utando yaweza kutolewa kwa benki ya umma ili kusaidia kuokoa uhai wa mtu anayehitaji msaada. Kwa mujibu wa Be The Match, asilimia 14 ya wagonjwa wanaopatiwa upasuaji wa kupandikiza damu ya utando wa uzazi wanapata damu ya utando wa uzazi iliyotolewa kwa ukarimu kwa benki ya umma ya damu ya utando wa uzazi. Utoaji wa damu ya kamba kwa benki ya umma nchini Marekani ni bure na damu ya kamba ya mtoto wako itaorodheshwa kwenye Be The Match Registry, ambapo inapatikana kwa mtu yeyote anayehitaji kupandikizwa. Ikiwa una nia ya kutoa damu yako ya kamba, tunaweza kukusaidia kupitia mchakato huo. Tangu mwaka 1995 tumeanza kukusanya, kusindika, na kuhifadhi damu ya kamba kwa ajili ya matumizi ya umma. Kwa kuwa tunatoa pia benki binafsi ya damu ya kamba, una chaguo la chaguo lolote hadi mtoto azaliwe. Hakuna gharama kwa mtoaji kwa ajili ya benki ya umma ya damu ya kamba. Benki zote za umma za damu ya kamba hufunika gharama za kukusanya, kusindika na kuhifadhi vitengo vya damu ya kamba. Gharama pekee zinazohusiana na benki ya damu ya kamba ya umma zinatokana na mgonjwa wakati seli za shina zinapoondolewa kwa ajili ya matumizi. Kwa seli za shina za damu ya kamba zilizowekwa kwenye benki binafsi, kuna gharama za ukusanyaji, usindikaji na uhifadhi wa kila mwaka, lakini seli za shina zimehifadhiwa kwa matumizi ya pekee ya familia. Cord for Life inatoa chaguzi za umma na za kibinafsi za benki ya damu ya kamba na tunafurahi kujadili zote mbili na wewe kukusaidia kuamua ni nini kinafanya kazi bora kwa wewe na familia yako. Kutoa damu ya kamba ya mtoto wako ni rahisi. Kwanza lazima ukidhi mahitaji ya kustahili yaliyoamriwa na serikali kwa michango ya damu ya kamba <unk> hizi zinapatikana kwenye wavuti yetu. Mara baada ya kukidhi mahitaji ya serikali ya kustahili, unaweza kuwasiliana nasi kuomba kit cha ukusanyaji. Hakuna damu inayochukuliwa kutoka kwa mtoto wako. Inachukuliwa tu kutoka kwa kamba ya tumbo baada ya mtoto wako kuzaliwa. Kazi yako ya kuzaa na kuzaa haitathiriwa. Kwa mfano, ikiwa mtoto wako ana damu ya kamba ya damu ya kamba ya damu ya kamba ya damu ya kamba ya damu ya kamba ya damu ya kamba ya damu ya kamba ya damu ya kamba, hakuna gharama za kuhifadhi au kukusanya. Tunadumisha sera kali ya kampuni juu ya utafiti wote tunaohusika nao. Katika kesi ambapo kitengo haikubaliwi kwa upandikizaji usio na uhusiano au vinginevyo ingekuwa kutupwa, bado inaweza kuwa inafaa kwa madhumuni ya utafiti katika kutafuta matumizi zaidi ya seli za shina kwa ajili ya urejesho wa afya. Haturuhusu ushiriki katika utafiti wowote ambao unachukuliwa kuwa wenye utata ikiwa ni pamoja na utafiti wa kloni, kiinitete, au usiohusiana na afya. Kusudi letu ni kuendeleza uwanja katika maeneo yaliyoelekezwa kwenye urejesho wa afya. Si wakati huu. Kanuni zilihitaji kwamba hati zote zilizosainiwa ziwe za awali. Tunatumaini kuwa na uwezo wa kukubali fomu katika muundo wa elektroniki katika siku zijazo za karibu. Kwa hivyo, michango ya umma inasimamiwa na FDA na AABB ili kuhakikisha ubora na usalama wa kila bidhaa. Taarifa ya historia ya afya ni sehemu ya mfumo huu wa ubora na imeundwa kuzuia makusanyo ambayo yanaweza kusababisha madhara kwa mama, mtoto na au mpokeaji. Kwa kuongezea, Usajili wa Programu ya Taifa ya Mtoaji wa Marrow unafanya utafiti wa kliniki juu ya kutoa damu ya kamba na kupandikiza, ni muhimu kwamba washiriki wote wanaarifiwa wazi kabla ya ukusanyaji wa utafiti na jinsi data zilizokusanywa zinaweza kutumiwa. Mkataba wa ziada unaotumiwa kwa ajili ya mkusanyiko wa kibinafsi na wa umma ni kuhakikisha mama na daktari wake au mama wa kambo wanaelewa kikamilifu mchakato wa mkusanyiko wa damu ya kamba na mchakato wa kupima. Hakuna gharama ya kukusanya damu ya kamba iliyotolewa hadharani. Ada zinatumika kwa makusanyo ya kuhifadhi binafsi. Mipango ya kutoa michango ya umma lazima itengenezwe na kuhifadhiwa ndani ya masaa 48 ya wakati wa ukusanyaji. Kwa bahati mbaya, huduma za sasa za usafirishaji wa kibiashara ni mdogo mwishoni mwa wiki ambayo inatuzuia kupokea kitengo katika muda wa lazima. Kwa hivyo, vitengo vilivyotolewa na umma haviwezi kukubaliwa baada ya saa 3 jioni (EST) Ijumaa hadi saa 3 jioni (EST) Jumapili. Vifaa vya kuhifadhi vya kibinafsi havina vizuizi, na vinakubaliwa siku 7 kwa wiki. Cord for Life ni moja ya benki ndogo ya damu ya kamba ambayo inakubali mkusanyiko kutoka mahali popote nchini Marekani. Hakuna hatari ya kimwili kwako au kwa mtoto wakati wa kukusanya damu ya kamba ya mtoto mchanga. Inakusanywa kutoka kwa kamba ya umbilical baada ya kujifungua wakati kamba imefungwa na kukatwa. Ufanisi wa kupandikiza seli za shina unategemea kupata kitengo cha damu ya kamba na aina sawa ya antigen ya leukocyte ya binadamu (HLA). Tofauti na aina ya damu ya seli nyekundu inayojulikana zaidi (O-A-B-A-B), madaktari hutumia protini za HLA au alama zinazopatikana kwenye seli nyingi mwilini mwako ili kuamua mechi ya seli ya msingi. Mfumo wako wa kinga hutumia alama hizi kutambua ni chembe zipi zinahusika na mwili wako na zipi hazihusiani. Ni mapacha sawa tu watakaokuwa na aina ileile ya chembe za msingi. Kwa sababu aina za HLA zinategemea nambari yako ya urithi, watu wa jamii ndogo au wenye rangi mchanganyiko wanahitaji mtoaji mwenye asili ya kikabila inayofanana. Kwa bahati mbaya, kwa sababu ya ukosefu wa wafadhili, mara nyingi watu wachache wana wakati mgumu sana kupata kitengo kinachofaa katika benki ya umma na mara nyingi kitengo kinachofanana hakiwezi kupatikana. Kiwango cha damu ya utando ni neno linalotumiwa kwa damu inayokusanywa kutoka kwa utando wa utando na mkojo baada ya mtoto kuzaliwa. Damu ya utando ni tajiri katika seli za kuunda damu inayojulikana kama "Seli za Msingi" ambazo zinaweza kutumika katika upandikizaji kwa wagonjwa wenye leukemia, lymphoma na magonjwa mengine mengi ya kutisha maisha. Damu ya utando ni moja ya vyanzo vitatu vya seli zinazotumiwa katika kupandikiza; nyingine mbili ni utando wa mifupa na damu ya pembeni (inayozunguka) (pia inaitwa seli za msingi za damu ya pembeni au kupandikiza PBSC). La, chembe za damu ya kamba ya tumbo si sawa na chembe za msingi za kiinitete. Chembe za msingi za damu ya kamba hukusanywa kutoka kwa kamba ya umbilical ya mtoto na placenta baada ya mtoto kuzaliwa - si kutoka kwa kiinitete. Matumizi ya chembe za msingi za damu ya kamba kwa ajili ya kupandikiza ni utaratibu wa kawaida wa kitiba. Upasuaji wa kwanza wa damu ya kamba ulifanyika mwaka 1988 kwa kutumia chembe za kamba za ndugu kwa ajili ya matibabu ya ugonjwa wa Fanconi. Chembe za msingi za damu ya utando zinakusanywa, kusindika, cryopreserved na kuhifadhiwa kwa ajili ya matumizi na mtoto (autologous) au mpokeaji maalum (mshiriki wa familia au mtu mwingine mpendwa). Vipande hivyo ni mali ya mama na mtoto na haviwezi kutumiwa kwa ajili ya upandikizaji usio na uhusiano. Kuhifadhi chembe za msingi za mtoto wako kwa faragha inapaswa kuzingatiwa katika familia zilizo na historia ya magonjwa ya urithi ambayo yanaweza kutibiwa na chembe za msingi au ikiwa mtoto wako ni wa jamii ndogo au mchanganyiko. Kwa sababu vitengo hivi si vya matumizi ya umma, ada zinatumiwa. Bonyeza hapa kwa ajili ya chaguzi ada. Vipimo vya damu ya utando vya umma vinakusanywa, kusindika, cryopreserved, kuhifadhiwa na kuorodheshwa kwenye usajili wa upandikizaji ambao unaratibu upandikizaji kwa wagonjwa wanaohitaji. Vipimo hivi vinapatikana kwa mtu yeyote anayetafuta kipimo cha chembe za msingi kwa ajili ya kupandikiza.