Hello doctor, I preferred for stem cell preservation of my baby at a private stem cell bank. Now, after 3 months, I received a mail stating that despite our best efforts the isolation and expansion of mesenchymal stem cells were unsuccessful primarily due to no growth. The customer care replied that the sample has some inherent tissue nature, not adapting to laboratory environment and is contaminated with gram positive cocci bacteria. So, they cannot preserve the cord tissue. Is it so difficult to decontaminate the bacteria? Is it a negligence of paramedic during collecting sample? How do I investigate that the sample received at the laboratory is futile or not?
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