Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Are both Safe and Multipotent

1.  Umbilical cord blood already has a 17 year track record of safety with both children and adults with cancer and blood-related disorders.

2.  The American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) has testing standards for the use of blood from the placenta and umbilical cord of healthy newborn babies.

3.  Cord blood is easy to obtain which helps keeps the price competitive.

4.  Only Type O (universal donor) cord blood is used for stem cell treatments.

5.  Cord blood produces much less graft versus host disease than bone marrow transplants.

6.  Stem cells isolated from the cord blood components produce little or no immune reactions in the recipients, even without the use of immune suppressants.

7.  Immune Suppressants can be toxic to neurons. The safety of isolated cord stem cells allows their use for neurological disorders.

8.  Cord stem cells can promote repair in brain tissue by several methods, (1) by stimulating growth factors, by attaching to and supporting injured neurons, and/or by dividing into brain cells (neurons, glial cells and astrocytes).

9.  The cord stem cells can be expanded in the laboratory to several million per treatment, which increases the amount of engraftment surrounding damaged neurons.

10.  Cord stem cells are producing results in neurological injuries and disorders, especially in young people.