Medicina More than 50 percent of parents in Europe who have preserved their newborns’ stem cells have given their trust to Cryo-Save Nad 50% od roditelite vo Evropa {to za~uvale mati~ni kletki od svoite novoroden~iwa, doverbata ja dale na Cryo-Save
CRYO-SAVE E SIGUREN DOM ZA VA[ITE MATI^NI KLETKI
CRYO-SAVE IS A SAFE HOME FOR YOUR STEM CELLS Families who have preserved stem cells from their children Families who decide to preserve stem cells from their children invest in their child’s safer future. Stem cells preservation of a newborn is a possibility plus for its future health. Having in mind fast development of medicine and the increasing number of stem cell treatments which offer curing of a number of serious diseases, the decision to preserve one’s own material in the family bank for possible future use can be of crucial importance not only for the child but for the whole family, as well. What are stem cells? Stem cells are “primitive” cells which distinguish themselves from “adult” cells by not being specialised for a particular function and by having a great potential to multiply, to differentiate into new tissues and develop into functional cells. With this capability, the stem cells play an important role in the development of the human body. This particular capability to differentiate into diverse specialised cell types makes them so unique and suitable for medical treatments. Stem cells types that should be preserved and why is this needed? The umbilical cord is a rich source of two stem cell types: blood-producing (hematopoietic) and tissue-producing (mesenchymal) cells. Hematopoietic stem cells are cells that replenish all types of blood and the immune system elements and find their use in the treatment of almost 80 serious blood and blood-related diseases. These include hereditary anaemia, malignant blood diseases (leukaemia and lymphoma), diseases of the immune and metabolic systems. The second stem cell type, unlike the first which has already been used in the standard medicine and whose human application has been defined, includes cells with huge potential for future treatments. They have a great regenerative power and many clinical studies today work intensively to develop treatments for a number of diseases including diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, infantile paralysis (poliomyelitis), etc. There is a possibility for preservation of blood cells only, as a reserve for standard therapies, or preservation of cells from both the blood and the tissue so that a family have at their disposal both stem cell types not only for possible treatment nowadays, but for treatments expected to be developed in the future. Stem cell-related research worldwide In addition to the current worldwide recognised uses of stem cells, such as treatment of leukaemia, characteristic forms of anaemia, lymphomas and other diseases, scientific research develops rapidly. There is a widespread optimism amongst the scientific community about the diversity of the stem cell possible use in the treatment of great number of diseases including: cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, malignant tumours, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer disease, muscular damages, cerebral infarctions... Moreover, studies are focused on the differentiation of the number of the collected stem cells and their specialisation under laboratory conditions until their further expansion for therapeutic use is achieved.
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Semejstva koi za~uvale mati~ni kletki od svoeto dete Semejstvata koi {to odlu~uvaat da za~uvaat mati~ni kletki od svoeto dete investiraat vo posigurna idnina na svoeto dete. Za~uvuvaweto na mati~nite kletki na novorodenoto pretstavuva mo`nost plus za negovoto idno zdravje. So ogled na brziot razvoj na medicinata i raste~kiot broj na tretmani so mati~ni kletki koi nudat lekuvawe na golem broj seriozni zaboluvawa, odlukata da se za~uva sopstveniot materijal vo semejna banka za eventualna idna upotreba mo`e da ima presudno zna~ewe ne samo za deteto, tuku i za celoto semejstvo. [to se mati~ni kletki? Mati~nite kletki se “primitivni” kletki koi se razlikuvaat od “vozrasnite“ kletki po toa {to ne se specijalizirani za odredena funkcija i imaat visok potencijal da se razmno`uvaat, da sozdavaat novi tkiva i da se razvijat do funkcionalni kletki. So ovaa sposobnost, mati~nite kletki igraat va`na uloga vo razvojot na ~ove~kiot organizam. Tokmu nivnata sposobnost da proizveduvaat razli~ni tipovi na specijalizirani kletki gi pravi tolku edinstveni i pogodni za medicinski tretmani.