Cord Blood Center advantages over other stem cell banks.

Dear future parents, please take a few minutes to think about this once in a lifetime opportunity to preserve precious stem cells from the umbilical cord blood for your baby. Collecting your baby´s cord blood is painless, represents no risk to the mother or the baby and takes no time at all. In this brochure you will learn, what is really important about collecting and processing your baby´s cord blood and what you should request from the company you choose.

The future well being of our beloved is the most important thing in the world.

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Not all cord blood companies are the same. Find out how to choose the right stem cell bank: 1. Make sure that the company you choose is a stem cell bank as well - they own laboratories & storage facilities. Many companies are only dealers and another company that you don´t know is storing stem cells for them. 2.  Ask about experience (how many clients does the bank have, how long has the company been operating in the market).3. Ask about how many of their cord blood grafts were already accepted and used for treatment.4. Make sure that the processing method is ensuring the storage of the most possible amount of precious stem cells for your baby´s future (whole blood vs. volume reduction method).5. Make sure that your bank guarantees storage for unlimited period. The storage time is limited in many companies.

We at Cord Blood Center Group can guarantee fulfilment all of the above mentioned statements.

Find out more about the advantages we offer to you compared to other stem cells banks.

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MORE BLOOD1. Our aim is to provide the best chance for successful cord blood transplantation if it is ever needed. To achieve this, we focus on the most important feature - cord blood volume and related number of stem cells.

Because more cells mean more life.Our specialists are cooperating with your doctor to ensure the best quality of your collection. We at Cord Blood Center are continually improving collection techniques in order to guarantee the biggest possible volume collected.

Based on our expertise we can offer you an unique cord blood collection technique - the collection from placenta called Premium collection1. This technique enables to collect up to twice as much cord blood compared to other companies.

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MORE CELLS2. Cord blood processing is a very important part of the whole process of saving your baby´s stem cells. In our laboratory, we have improved a one of a kind scientific processing method. This method is securing 99,9%2 of all precious cells from collected blood. Methods based on volume reduction used by other companies can result into a loss of up to 42%2 of your baby´s cells. Present stem cells represent the most important substance of cord blood which can save lives.

We strongly believe that our processing method is of much greater present and future therapeutic value compared to the irreversible method of volume reduction and extraction of stem cells used by other banks.

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MORE LIFE3. Cooperation with international transplant centers is a proof of high quality cord blood and acknowledgment for every cord blood bank. More than 10 transplant centers worldwide already trusted our cord blood grafts and used them for their patients for autologous and allogenic transplantations (see table below). This makes Cord Blood Center Group the European leader in cord blood release for standard

life saving transplantations.It was our bank which in the 2004 provided cord blood graft for the very first autologous cord blood transplantation in Europe for our young client. The patient, only a four months old boy, was suffering from a malignant brain tumor. In order to save his life, the transplantation was the right decision. He is now a healthy and strong young man with big future expectations.

2 2011 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Voluntary Donor Child USA

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6 2010 Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Voluntary Donor Adult Italy

4 2011 Pearson Syndrome Voluntary Donor Baby Hungary

8 2010 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Voluntary Donor Adult USA

11 2009 Myelodysplastic Syndrome Voluntary Donor Adult USA

14 2004 Medulloblastoma Autologous Baby Slovak Republic

17 2000 Blackfan-Diamond Anemia Sibling Child Slovak Republic

1 2011 Cerebral Palsy Autologous Child USA

15 2003 Adrenoleucodystrofy Sibling Child Slovak Republic

18 1999 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Sibling Child Slovak Republic

3 2011 Myelodysplastic Syndrome (Preleukemia Syndrome) Voluntary Donor Adult France

7 2010 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Voluntary Donor Teenager USA

10 2009 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Voluntary Donor Adult USA

13 2009 Aplastic Anemia Sibling Child Slovak Republic

16 2001 Blackfan-Diamond Anemia Sibling Child Slovak Republic

5 2011 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Voluntary Donor Adult USA

9 2010 Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Voluntary Donor Baby Czech Republic

12 2009 Myelodysplastic Syndrome Voluntary Donor Adult USA

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MORE HOPE4. Cord blood is a very precious substance. If you, for any reason, will decide not to keep this life saving substance for your baby, please donate it for the use of other people.

CBC Group is the only private blood bank in Europe, which operates and finances a public bank of donated cord blood. Our public banking program linked to the international BMDW* network is providing cord blood to patients all over the world.

DONATE BLOOD and give MORE HOPE to patients who are dependent on your help. Especially older people had no possibility to save their own cord blood in the past.

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* Our public bank is a member of international association of donor registers BMDW.

MORE TRUST5. Cord Blood Center Group is the second biggest private cord blood bank in the EU with over 95.000 families trusting our service.

With 15 years of experiences we are one of the oldest banks in Europe. To become a leader means many years of hard work, research and process optimization.

Our approach and commitment was recognized by BMDW - the international association of donor banks and registries. The quality of our cord blood grafts was evaluated as the best worldwide with the highest number of cells3.

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LESS MONEY6. It is our mission to create a world where every baby has its own cord blood stored for the future. Cord blood collection should be as common as ultrasound screening of your unborn child. We believe that it can save your baby’s life in the future.

That is why Cord Blood Center Group plays the leading role in the price accessibility and in the quality of provided services.

Thanks to our longtime experience, we can offer an exclusive product for a special convenient price. This makes it easier for parents to decide in favour of cord blood preservation.

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infoline: +421 917 335 661www.cordbloodcenter.com