One of the harsh realities of life is getting sick and finding no cure for it. No matter how many medical innovations the world has gone through, it seems finding a cure to every sickness is still a work in progress. But there is one innovation the medical world is studying more and it is the discovery of cord blood and how it might be used to treat various diseases.
For nine months, the umbilical cord served as a connection but
at the time of birth, it is discarded as wastes. It is only more than two
decades ago that it was discovered that the umbilical cord blood can be a
useful supply of blood stem cells. There are cases that it is used to cure
children with blood diseases.
Since that findings there are now cases where the cord blood
that is contained in the umbilical cord are collected and frozen for future use
as it contains blood stem cells that is said to produce blood cells, even the
ones which involves immunity.
The cord blood stem cell discoveries are nothing
short of miraculous, especially with the list of stem cell treatable diseases
that continuously grows at a rapid pace. Through this development, many
illnesses that were deemed incurable now have cures, and cord blood banks have
started to be set up all over the world.
In the Philippines, a company first offered a
service to freeze and store their clients child’s cord blood like sort of a
blood bank for future use or in case it’s needed later in life. Actually, it all began with a chance and a choice
when Cordlife Philippines took the greatest
breakthrough in their journey to start its quality Cord Blood Banking. Now reaching a significant milestone of 10 years in the
consumer healthcare industry, they now embark to more years of delivering the highest of quality standards in service and
product offerings to every Filipino family.
Here are the top ten things you
should know about Cordlife Philippines and why they are more than just a Cord Blood Bank:
1. Cordlife Philippines first introduced the cord blood banking service in the
Philippine market in April 2009, and was headquartered in Antel Corporate
Centre in Ortigas.
2. Their cord blood processing and storage facility in UP AyalaLand
Technohub in Quezon City was established in 2010. It has a storage capacity for
30,000 cord blood and cord lining units and is built in accordance to global
gold standards to give local families peace of mind.
3. It is the first and only stem cell bank to be registered with
DOH and to be certified by ISO in the country since 2012. Cordlife is also the
first in the Philippines to earn the prestigious AABB Accreditation in 2017.
4. Cordlife is amongst the leading players for private cord blood
banking services in most of the markets it operates in, namely
Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, China, Thailand, Myanmar,
Vietnam and the Philippines.
5. To provide families with more treatment options in the future,
they launched their cord lining banking service in 2013. And to ensure that
their clients’ health is well taken care of in the most holistic way possible,
they introduced Cordlife Care360° Safeguard Program, Cordlife Shield, Cordblood
Network, and Cordlife Transplant Care.
6. Now, more and more families are gaining access to cord blood and cord lining
banking as the company extends their services in Visayas and Mindanao with the
opening of their Cebu and Davao satellite offices.
7. Their prolific years of experience in umbilical cord blood
banking pushed them further to offer more quality services as they introduced
their umbrella brand, Genscreen®. With Genscreen®, they launched genetic screening
services such as: NICE and Prevue Non-Invasive Prenatal Tests and PlumCare DNA
Advisor, the first and only family genetic testing in
the Philippines.
8. With the power of cord blood stem cells in their care, Cordlife
Philippines values great responsibility to their community as well. In 2017,
they pioneered a national advocacy called One Blood. The CSR program grants
free cord blood banking to qualified pregnant moms with family history of
diseases that can be treated by cord blood stem cells.
9. As a gesture of gratitude to their clients, Cordlife introduced
their Privilege Card that offers discounts and promos from their trusted
partner brands.
10. In celebrating the first ever World Cord Blood Day
in the country, Cordlife Philippines joined hand-in-hand with healthcare
professionals, celebrity brand ambassadors, and Cordlife moms to spread
awareness about cord blood and cord blood banking through informative talks and lectures.
Cordlife’s ten year journey in saving lives does not
end here. In the future, the gift of giving chances and choices in securing
precious stem cells will continue as they remain steadfast in providing
reliable healthcare solutions and delivering excellence in cord blood banking
and more.
With a firm belief that
their services may offer life-changing and life-saving therapeutic options for
families in the future, their commitment to continuously offer quality services
will never be compromised. Because after all, Cordlife is really all about
celebrating the gift of life!
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