Banking Stem Cells in Multiple Ways
Since Cryo-Cell is an international company that is local to me (they are located right up the road in Oldsmar, FL), I took an interest in what they do years ago. My sister banked her son’s cord blood with Cry-Cell. So did many of my friends. I signed up for the program, but my hospital overlooked some of my paperwork and I ended up donating the cord blood from my daughter’s birth, but I still feel good about that decision overall.
Anyway, I have been blogging lately about the fact that not only does Cryo-Cell offer cord blood banking, which is a method of storing stem cells that a lot of people are familiar with – they also have a service called C’elle, which allows women to collect and store menstrual blood, because the shed uterine lining contains viable stem cells as well. When you combine these two services they call it “Protect Baby and Protect Mom”, and they offer a $300 discount when you enroll online.
Stem cell technology is growing on an almost daily basis. The research is heading the medical world in directions we may never have imagined even a few short years ago. And as controversial as embryonic stem cell research has been, it is a great relief to me to see that non-controversial sources like cord blood and menstrual blood are edging their way into the limelight more each year.
If you know someone who is pregnant, keep in mind that you don’t have to give them a predictable gift like a layette set or a stroller. You can purchase Cryo-Cell gift certificates for them in $50 increments.
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