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Stem Cell Collection the Cells4Life Way

the experts in stem cell storage

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Cells4Life was founded by doctors to store their own children's stem cells. We strive to set the industry leading standards for collection, processing and long-term storage of your child's stem cells.

The only company to store whole blood in the UK
We are the only UK Company to store the whole blood from the umbilical cord, not just the stem cells. This has been shown to be of greater therapeutic value in recent peer-reviewed publications than extracted stem cells. We are storing for future uses, for example diabetes, which do not use extracted stem cells. Stem cells can be extracted from frozen thawed blood so there is no advantage to our customers in performing a process we cannot reverse to regain material that in the future may be useful.
We do not donate to a public bank.
We keep all of the stem cells and umbilical cord blood just for your baby, nothing is given away. This is because only a limited volume of blood can be collected and at present this is only sufficient to treat a small child with a serious illness. Reducing this sample could put your child’s life at risk.
We store your child’s stem cells in 3 – 6 separate samples.
We will store your child's cord blood in 3 to 6 separate vials (in 2 separate locations) so that should the need arise we can use only a small part, leaving the remaining blood and stem cells undamaged.
We are the only UK company to store your child’s stem cells in 2 physically separate locations.
To protect you in the event of a disaster, we store your child’s cord blood at two geographically separate locations.
We give you a certificate of analysis for your child’s stem cells.
As soon as your sample arrives, we start testing. Upon completion we issue you with a certificate of your child’s stem cells’ analysis and the results of all our testing, incouding maternal virus testing, verified and signed by a medical doctor and an HTA Designated Individual. For further information on our testing process please click here.
We only use courier collection – time is of the essence for cell viability.
We use an experienced, single-use courier vehicle to collect your child's stem cells sample. This gives the reassurance that the company collecting your child's precious cord blood stem cells knows how valuable they are, treating the sample with the utmost care while getting it to us as quickly as possible.
We are the only stem cell storage company in the UK to have HTA licence and MHRA accreditation for whole blood storage.
We are the only company to have MHRA (Medical Health Regulatory Authority) accreditation and Human Tissue Authority (HTA) licence to process and store whole blood stem cells. This ensures we comply with international and European standards of GLP (Good Laboratory Practice), GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and ISO principles.

If you are about to give birth then please request a Welcome Pack here

We regularly update our stem cells information library from scientific peer-reviewed publications. Customers receive newsletters about the company and the latest stem cells research.