HLA matching embryos for the potential treatment of life-threatening conditions Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is an advanced genetic test that is used to screen embryos for a known mutation causing a familial genetic condition. A large proportion of families with a family history of a [...]
A newborn screening test done in collaboration with North-West University and includes tests relevant to the South African population. Newborn screening is a worldwide recognised public health measure aimed at the early screening, diagnosis and management of selected inherited diseases. Diseases [...]
Current academic views on cord blood banking are still conservative as the lifetime likelihood of developing a blood related disease requiring transplantation remains low. However we would like to highlight the enormous growth in the field of perinatal stem cell research in particular the non- [...]
Our Netcells team is proud to announce that we have released a second unit of umbilical cord blood, belonging to a three-year-old Netcells baby who was born with cerebral palsy. His unit has already arrived at Duke University in the United States where it awaits his arrival later this month. This [...]
Expectant parents are faced with a number of decisions before the birth of a baby, among them whether to collect the baby’s umbilical cord blood at birth. As July is Cord Blood Awareness Month, Netcells has put together a helpful guide to cord blood, stem cells, and why the decision to bank is [...]