Stem Cell Storage

mills_steven

Baby due in a few weeks. We're considering stem cell storage.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
Am concerned that a lot of these private clinics (many found simply by googling) are rip-offs.
All experiences/information gratefully received.
Regards

Ted_Hutchinson

[size=+1]Umbilical cord blood banking: implications for perinatal care providers.[/size]Sorry no recommendations. Didn't know anything about this so have found the above quite interesting.
For the UK medical opinion Umbilical Cord Blood Banking
Edit: I appreciate this is what you are looking for. Hopefully someone else will have recommendations. As I didn't know anything about this I thought others might be interested.

mills_steven

thanks but that wasn't what i was looking for

Js_Other_Half

Friends of mine have done it - I'll ask them later.

Js_Other_Half

My friends have used this firm 3 times:-

http://www.smartcells.com/uk/home/

hth

mills_steven

any feedback?

Js_Other_Half

They've found the firm fine to use - otherwise they wouldn't have used it more than once. They pay an initial amount for the kit, then only pay the bigger amount (paid in installments) once the unbilical cord cells have successfully frozen.

hth

Douggie_2

I did a fair bit of research on this topic a couple of months back, i believe there is a lot of sites out there offering information but you might want to try Stem Cell Storage.

It is a site i come across that provide excellent information on stem cell storage and stem cell storage services, they also seem to support smartcells.com. I received more information from them and smart cells by filling in a form, they advised me with my best interests in mind. Hope this helps.