Why store your baby's stem cells?

Storing your baby's umbilical cord blood stem cells is an investment in the future health of your family.

Today, stem cells are used in a wide range of treatments. In the overwhelming majority of cases, the stem cells used aren't the patient's own - they come from a matched donor - just like you.

However, many scientists and medical experts believe that there will be breakthroughs in the future which will rely on an individual having access to his or her own stored cells.

Umbilical cord blood stem cells are expected to become an essential part of realising the potential that regenerative medicine offers. But they must be collected shortly after birth - and carefully stored, or they're lost forever.

All we can say with absolute certainty is that the rate of advances in medical science has never been faster. Since the first cord blood stem cell transplant was completed in 1988, what would have seemed miraculous only a few short years ago is now commonplace.

So if you want to ensure that your family could one day benefit from stem cell storage, you need to have everything in place ready for the birth. And that means you should act now.