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STEM CELLS
For Patients INCELL is gearing up to provide adult stem cell processing and cryopreservation services. The stem cells will usually be obtained from surgically removed excess tissue such as liposuction fat products or the dermal component of excess or excised skin. They can also be obtained from other tissues such as bone marrow or peripheral blood apheresis. All stem cell collections will be coordinated with a physician but you can directly order collection kits at www.incellonline.com to bring with you to your doctor after arrangements have been made for collection. Contact us by phone at 210-877-0100, toll-free 800-364-1765, or by email info@incell.com if you have questions. We are building a new informational website, so look for future details at www.myEZstemcells.com.
Patients’ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Stem Cells
Patients’ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Stem Cells
You are never any younger than you are today and most studies have shown that younger cells may be more versatile and healthier than when derived from an older individual. Although not yet available, it is possible that newer and developing technologies will assist the re-growth of damaged body parts as the body ages or is injured. Thus, it is a type of “Bio-insurance”. Stem cells can be readily obtained from fat or skin that have been surgically removed, but they can also come from bone marrow or other sources. The costs are partially dependent on the tissue source and the amount and quality of starting tissue.
Cells are stored in a cryopreservation “suspended animation” state in an ultralow liquid nitrogen freezer under conditions and in solutions that minimize ice formation in the cells and surround them with a protective shell using proprietary cryopreservation media and storage technologies developed by INCELL. Yes, you do. A contract is provided as part of the collection kit and needs to be signed by you and your doctor prior to sending the tissue sample for processing. You would own the cells while you continue to pay the storage fees annually with the contractual caveat that the cells would revert to other research or clinical use by INCELL if you are unable or unwilling to pay the storage fees. If you died while the cells were being stored your estate would own the cells and as long as it continued to pay the storage fees annually. The contract you sign will specify these issues and the fact that the cells would revert to other research or clinical use by INCELL, and INCELL would assume ownership, if the storage fees are not paid.
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