The ACT Difference
Stem cells have a promising medical future with over 7,900 ongoing clinical trials underway which makes the decision to save your baby’s cells critical. The stem cells that come from your baby’s cord blood and cord tissue are the youngest personal (autologous) stem cells available to anyone. American Cell Technology has reinvented the way cord blood and cord tissue derived stem cells are stored.
ACT isolates all stem cells from any red blood cells (RBCs)
- American Cell Technology sees that all RBCs are removed from your baby’s stem cell sample before they’re frozen, resulting in optimal conditions for long term viability
- RBCs can be cytotoxic to stem cells cryogenically preserved over long periods of time and can lead to a reduction of total live stem cells available for future use
- Typical competitors cryopreserve stem cells with RBCs as these facilities have procedures to reduce, but not fully eliminate the number of RBCs
ACT expands and grows newborns stem cells, to maximize stem cells available for potential future use
- American Cell Technology treats your child’s stem cells the same as thousands of its adult clients: ensuring your child will have ample access to hundreds of millions of their own personal stem cells far beyond their childhood, making storing your newborn’s stem cells a lifelong decision
- Multiple clinical studies have shown that the number of cells natively available in cord blood collection are too few to be used in children weighing more than 40kg or 88lbs (Gluckman et al. 2001, Benito et al. 2004, Harris et al. 1994).
- Typical competitors save only the stem cells available from collection and do not culture expand to increase the number of stem cells available
Why Bank?
Doctors and scientists are currently working on over 100 clinical applications for stem cell therapy
Current studies range from blood cancers and tumors, neurologic disorders/injuries, diabetes, wound care, and more (Dessels et al. 2018)
Studies are harnessing stem cells’ natural and inherent ability to replicate and differentiate into functional tissue, and modulate the immune system, providing progress in the treatment of conditions
Having access to your own personal stem cells provides a natural alternative to drugs and pharmaceuticals, the best bio-insurance we know of today
Stem cells derived from cord blood and cord tissue are some of the youngest and most easily accessible stem cells available to any human
Studies and lab results routinely show that cells with longer telomeres (younger cells, like those from your cord blood and cord tissue) are more robust and consistently outperform those with shorter telomeres (older cells) (Burrow et al. 2017)
Storing newborn’s stem cells ensure the longest telomeres, the protective endcaps on the DNA that tell the age of the cell, which only gets shorter over time, leading to common age-related diseases
Preparing for stem cell therapy in the future is now
With over 7,900 clinical trials and studies underway ranging from blood cancers to tumors, having access to personal stem cells could act as bio-insurance as medical breakthroughs are rapidly accomplished in stem cells therapies
Typically, children’s banked cord blood and cord tissue samples are reserved for one-time treatments mainly for siblings in the family that might have a genetically inherited disorder such as Sickle Cell Disease
American Cell Technology ensures your child will have ample access to their own personal stem cell far beyond one-time treatments and for multiple uses
The Process
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Sign up online with American Cell Technology
Once the forms are completed, you will receive your cord blood collection kit. Please keep it safe, out of direct sunlight and do not refrigerate the collection kit.
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Inform your OBGYN midwife or medical professional that you’re using ACT for cord blood and cord tissue banking
The cord blood and cord tissue extraction for stem cell banking is simple and well known by all medical professionals.
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Infectious Disease Screening
Prior to the birth of your baby, ACT requires all mothers to undergo infectious disease screening. No infectious disease will prevent ACT from accepting your baby’s sample. However, as medical treatments advance, ACT expects several “uncurable” diseases like HIV to become curable. Should this happen, your infectious disease screening will help ACT protect your baby in the long run.
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Day of Birth
Make sure to bring your collection kit with you on the big day and give it to your doctor or nurse. They know the process and will perform the cord blood and tissue collection for you, which will be overnighted to ACT in FDA approved travel media.
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Call Medical Courier to pickup sample
Please use the telephone number provided to contact the pre-paid 24-hour medical courier that will ship your newborn’s sample to the ACT facility for processing. No need to worry about payment as this courier service is included in the collection process.
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Leave it to ACT
Upon receiving your stem cells, ACT will send you updates, a banking certificate with your baby’s unique identifier, and pictures of your cells along the way.
Pricing
Newborn Banking Plans |
Basic |
Bio-Insurance 100 |
Bio-Insurance 250 |
Bio-Insurance 500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newborn Banking Plan Total Cost | $4,500 | $8,075 | $13,600 | $22,125 |
| Cryo-preserved cord blood and cord tissue derived stem cells | ||||
| Total stem cells available upon immediate request | 3 Weeks Notice Required | 100,000,000 | 250,000,000 | 500,000,000 |
| Bio-Insurance Stem Cells Included | 0 | 100,000,000 | 250,000,000 | 500,000,000 |
| Cost per 10mm Stem Cells After Bio-Insurance Cells | $500 | $500 | $500 | $500 |
| Total Saving | 0 | $1,425 | $2,400 | $7,375 |
| Bio-Insurance Discount | 0.00% | 15.00% | 20.00% | 25.00% |
Annual Storage Plans |
Annual Payment |
10 Year Storage |
18 Year Storage |
25 Year Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NewbornStorage Plan Total Cost | $0 | $1,913 | $3,400 | $4,500 |
| First Year Annual Storage Included | ||||
| Total Saving | 0 | $338 | $850/td> | $1500 |
| Bio-Insurance Discount | 0.00% | 15.00% | 20.00% | 25.00% |
