A stem cell is a cell from the embryo, fetus or adult that has, under certain conditions, the ability to reproduce itself for long periods or, in the case of adult stem cells, throughout the life of the organism.  

HemaStem's life science technology is based on ethical stem cells - known as adult stem cells. 

The HemaStem program collects, isolates and preserves the adult stem cells from placental umbilical cord blood.  These adult stem cells are the building blocks of your blood and immune system.  Stem Cells can develop into  many kind of cells: white cells for fighting infection, red cells for carrying oxygen throughout the body, and platelets that contribute to clotting.  Traditionally, bone marrow has been transplanted into patients following high dose chemotherapy and/or radiation to provide a new source of stem cells. In some cases, “peripheral blood stem cells”—stem cells collected from the circulating blood rather than from bone marrow—have been infused into patients instead of, or in addition to stem cells from bone marrow. Now it is possible to collect stem cells from umbilical cord blood and infuse them into a patient instead of bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells.

The crucial decision to collect and preserve your baby’s cord blood is one that can only be made once in a lifetime. Your sole opportunity to save your newborn’s cord blood stem cells is at birth.