LifebankUSA^® treasures the placenta-derived and cord blood stem cell transplant success stories we receive from doctors and families who have benefited from LifebankUSA cord blood services. Read below to learn more about the lifesaving treatments made possible through the use of the placenta-derived and cord blood stem cells from LifebankUSA.

A Sister’s Special Gift
This story began in March of 2001 when the parents of a newborn girl banked their daughter’s cord blood with LifebankUSA. Two years later, their second child —a boy—would be born with a type of acute myelogenous leukemia called acute monocytic leukemia. Thankfully, they had the stem cells from his older sister safely in storage, and doctors were able to perform a transplant.  The cells were successfully released and given to the boy when he was just 6 months old. He has now been well for more than 5 years.

“ Six weeks after our son was born, he was diagnosed with leukemia.  We were told there was a 50/50 chance of survival. When we told our oncologist we had banked our daughter’s cord blood with LifebankUSA, his face lit up. We had had no family history or specific reason to bank the cord blood. We just did it. And we had such a gift. His sister’s umbilical cord blood—a perfect match—was waiting for him. Unless anyone has been through what we’ve been through, you cannot understand the unbelievable impact this has had on our lives, this cord blood. It saved our son’s life—and ours really.” —Maura (March 2005)

Groundbreaking Treatment For Leukemia
A successful transplant of both human placenta-derived stem cells and cord blood stem cells was completed in a young boy with leukemia. The boy's parents banked both the placenta-derived stem cells and cord blood stem cells from their second baby at the end of 2007. LifebankUSA was the only stem cell bank that gave them the option to do this.

LifebankUSA, through its Placenta-Cord banking service, released stem cells from both the placenta and the cord blood for groundbreaking treatment that enabled the patient with a life-threatening type of cancer to be transplanted with more than double the number of CD34+ stem cells than had only the cord blood been available. Clinical studies have shown that transplanting more CD34+ stem cells can lead to improved treatment success and patient survival.

LifebankUSA-Released Cells To Treat Leukemia
LifebankUSA successfully released stem cells for transplant in a 9-year-old boy with a fast growing cancer called acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). The transplant was performed at FNI Transplant Center in Nice, France. The stem cells used for the transplant came from LifebankUSA. The young boy continues to do well, a report that LifebankUSA is proud to share.

LifebankUSA Helps 1-Year-Old With Hurler Syndrome
LifebankUSA successfully released stem cells for transplant in a 1-year-old boy with Hurler syndrome, which can lead to progressive mental and physical deterioration The transplant took place in the Netherlands and was performed at the University Medical Center Utrecht. The stem cells used for the transplant came from LifebankUSA. LifebankUSA is happy to report that the toddler continues to do well.

LifebankUSA Cells Help 35-Year-Old Patient
LifebankUSA successfully released stem cells for transplant in a 35-year-old male with a fast growing cancer called acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) in Cleveland, Ohio. Conducted at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the transplant was performed with stem cells that came from LifebankUSA. It is with great pleasure that LifebankUSA reports the man continues to do well.

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