Health Check
A Step-By-Step Guide To Prepare For Parenthood
By Simran Kaur Bahia - November 30, 2022
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Extend the life - saving benefits of community stem cell banking to your siblings and their family
FamilyFloater
With Family Floater; your siblings, their spouses, as well as their children can enjoy the life-saving benefits of community banking and get access to the largest registry of Indian origin stem cells without needing to have a baby themselves.
Eligibility: Only existing community banking members
Extend the life - saving benefits of community stem cell banking to your siblings and their family
FamilyFloater
With Family Floater; your siblings, their spouses, as well as their children can enjoy the life-saving benefits of community banking and get access to the largest registry of Indian origin stem cells without needing to have a baby themselves.
Eligibility: Only existing community banking members
Extend the life - saving benefits of community stem cell banking to your siblings and their family
FamilyFloater
With Family Floater; your siblings, their spouses, as well as their children can enjoy the life-saving benefits of community banking and get access to the largest registry of Indian origin stem cells without needing to have a baby themselves.
Eligibility: Only existing community banking members
What's Included?
All LifeCell community banking members who wish to share the protection of community stem cell banking to their extended family’s health can now do so at a very affordable price and without necessarily needing to have made a personal contribution themselves to the community.
Finding a Matched Unit
LifeCell’s
inventory of > 60,000 qualified units available for matching
within the community registry is the largest in the country, thereby providing highest
chances (>97%) of finding a suitably matched unit
Free search
for matching stem cells within LifeCell Community Inventory
(StemMatch) & also within other registries worldwide.
Release for Transplant
With Family
Floater, an unlimited number of matching units are also
available for withdrawal by the parents’ siblings, (even siblings who have not yet
planned a family) their spouse and grown up children (>2 years), 2 years post enrolment.
Release is
subject to usage in treatment of approved indications and
registered clinical trials.
Other Benefits
Treatment for
82+ life-threatening disorders.
Unlimited
sample retrievals at no extra cost
Free
comprehensive pre-release testing & free worldwide shipment of matched
units for transplant.
Quality
guarantee & disaster relief.
Family Floater Tree
Parents’
Siblings
Their Spouses
Their
Children (>2 years)
Why Choose Family Floater?
It is a once in a lifetime chance for your extended family members to benefit from the opportunity of having access to a pristine and precious source of stem cells which has several advantages compared to other sources.
Significant Need for Stem Cells
Below is the
risk of an individual being diagnosed of common blood cancers
at some point in a lifetime*:
- Leukemia: 1 in 62
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: 1 in 48
- Myeloma: 1 in 125
India has a
high burden of inherited red cell diseases such as Thalassemia
& Sickle Cell Disease (2.5 Lakh patients) where stem cell transplant is the only
curative treatment option
*As per National Cancer Institute, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program
Learn More
Cord is Easier to Match
For stem cell matching there are between 6-10 parameters that need to be matched, with each parameter having between 2000-4000 variants.
Adult bone
marrow requires 9-10 parameters to be matched.
However
Umbilical Cord Blood requires only 6-8 parameters to be matched thereby making it
10-100x more easier to find a match.
Readily Available & No Additional Cost
Umbilical
Cord blood stem cells being frozen are 100% available and ready
for immediate release. Further withdrawal of matching units from the community inventory
is totally free.
Even in
advanced countries like the US about 50% of registered adult donors
back out at the time of medical need. In some cases, since the donor is required to
travel, there could be delays in access. Further there are significant costs in making
arrangements for sourcing these cells.
Recommended by Experts
Community
cord blood banking has the benefits of both private banking and public banking and hence is a superior
option.
No wonder
it’s supported by leading medical experts unlike private banking which has been
criticised- as inherited disorders make it unfit for baby’s own use & can only be withdrawn once for
family use.
Public cord
blood banks in India have limited inventory and are not growing due to lack of
financial aid. Further they charge upto ₹10 lakhs for releasing a matching unit.
Increasing Success Rates with Cord Blood
Success rates
for cord blood transplants are improving with each passing year due to innovations such as:
- Improved chemotherapy regimens that have led to lower transplant related mortality, lesser rejections, earlier patient discharge and lower complications
- Multiplying the number of cord blood stem cells in the lab or supplementing them with other stem cell sources has shown to accelerate the time to immune recovery without increase in side effects
Limited Indian-Origin Donors & Units
Representation of adult donors of Indian origin is less than 1% in global registries, and
size of Indian donor registries is significantly sub-optimal (<1 Million Donors) to provide
reasonable access to a matching donor
Inventory of
cord blood units within public banks in India is still very small (<10,000 units collectively)
Treatable Conditions
Over 50,000 stem cell transplants occur worldwide each year for treatment of 90+ conditions approved currently, and the researchers are continuing to investigate it’s use in several more indications.
Inherited Blood Disorders
Agnogenic
Myeloid Metaplasia (Myelofibrosis)
Agnogenic
Myeloid Metaplasia
Aplastic
Anemia (Severe)
Beta
Thalassemia Major
Blackfan-Diamond Anemia
Congenital
Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia (CAT)
Congenital
Cytopenia
Congenital
Dyserythropoietic Anemia
Dyskeratosis
Congenita
Essential
Thrombocythemia
Fanconi
Anemia
Glanzmann’s
Thrombasthenia
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Paroxysmal
Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
Polycythemia
Vera
Pure Red Cell
Aplasia
Refractory
Anemia with Excess Blasts (RAEB)
Refractory
Anemia with Excess Blasts in Transition (RAEB-T)
Refractory
Anemia with Ringed Sideroblasts (RARS)
Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome
Sickle Cell
Disease
Inherited Immune Disorders
Adenosine
Deaminase Deficiency (SCID)
Bare
Lymphocyte Syndrome (SCID)
Chediak-Higashi Syndrome (SCID)
Chronic
Granulomatous Disease
Congenital
Neutropenia
DiGeorge
Syndrome
Evans
Syndrome
Fucosidosis
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Hemophagocytosis Langerhans’ Cell Histiocytosis (Histiocytosis X)
IKK Gamma
Deficiency (NEMO Deficiency)
IKK Gamma
Deficiency
Immune
Dysregulation
Polyendocrinopathy, Enteropathy, X-linked
Kostmann
Syndrome (SCID)
Myelokathexis
Omenn
Syndrome (SCID)
Phosphorylase
Deficiency (SCID)
Purine
Nucleoside (SCID)
Reticular
Dysgenesis (SCID)
Severe
Combined Immunodeficiency Diseases (SCID)
Thymic
Dysplasia
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
X-linked
Agammaglobulinemia
X-Linked
Hyper IgM Syndrome
X-Linked
Lymphoproliferative Disorder
Inherited Errors in Metabolism
Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria (Gunther Disease)
Gaucher
Disease
Hunter
Syndrome (MPS-II)
Hurler
Syndrome (MPS-IH)
Krabbe
Disease
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
Mannosidosis
Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome (MPS-VI)
Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
Mucolipidosis II (I-cell Disease)
Neuronal
Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (Batten Disease)
Niemann-Pick Disease
Sandhoff
Disease
Sanfilippo Syndrome (MPS-III)
Scheie
Syndrome (MPS-IS)
Sly
Syndrome (MPS-VII)
Tay Sachs
Wolman
Disease
X-Linked
Adrenoleukodystrophy
Blood Cancers
Acute
Biphenotypic Leukemia
Acute
Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
Acute
Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
Acute
Undifferentiated Leukemia
Adult T
Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma
Chronic
Active Epstein Barr
Chronic
Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Chronic
Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
Chronic
Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML)
Juvenile
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (JCML)
Juvenile
Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)
Myeloid/Natural Killer (NK) Cell
PrecursorAcute Leukemia
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Prolymphocytic Leukemia
Leukocyte
Adhesion Deficiency
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Thymoma
(Thymic Carcinoma)
Wilms
Tumor
Extend the life - saving benefits of community stem cell banking to your siblings and their family
FamilyFloater
With Family Floater; your siblings, their spouses, as well as their children can enjoy the life-saving benefits of community banking and get access to the largest registry of Indian origin stem cells without needing to have a baby themselves.
Eligibility: Only existing community banking members
What's Included?
All LifeCell community banking members who wish to share the protection of community stem cell banking to their extended family’s health can now do so at a very affordable price and without necessarily needing to have made a personal contribution themselves to the community.
Finding a Matched Unit
LifeCell’s
inventory of > 60,000 qualified units available for matching
within the community registry is the largest in the country, thereby providing highest
chances (>97%) of finding a suitably matched unit
Free search
for matching stem cells within LifeCell Community Inventory
(StemMatch) & also within other registries worldwide.
Release for Transplant
With Family
Floater, an unlimited number of matching units are also
available for withdrawal by the parents’ siblings, (even siblings who have not yet
planned a family) their spouse and grown up children (>2 years), 2 years post enrolment.
Release is
subject to usage in treatment of approved indications and
registered clinical trials.
Other Benefits
Treatment for
82+ life-threatening disorders.
Unlimited
sample retrievals at no extra cost
Free
comprehensive pre-release testing & free worldwide shipment of matched
units for transplant.
Quality
guarantee & disaster relief.
Family Floater Tree
Parents’
Siblings
Their Spouses
Their
Children (>2 years)
Why Choose Family Floater?
It is a once in a lifetime chance for your extended family members to benefit from the opportunity of having access to a pristine and precious source of stem cells which has several advantages compared to other sources.
Significant Need for Stem Cells
Below is the
risk of an individual being diagnosed of common blood cancers
at some point in a lifetime*:
- Leukemia: 1 in 62
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: 1 in 48
- Myeloma: 1 in 125
India has a
high burden of inherited red cell diseases such as Thalassemia
& Sickle Cell Disease (2.5 Lakh patients) where stem cell transplant is the only
curative treatment option
*As per National Cancer Institute, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program
Learn More
Cord is Easier to Match
For stem cell matching there are between 6-10 parameters that need to be matched, with each parameter having between 2000-4000 variants.
Adult bone
marrow requires 9-10 parameters to be matched.
However
Umbilical Cord Blood requires only 6-8 parameters to be matched thereby making it
10-100x more easier to find a match.
Readily Available & No Additional Cost
Umbilical
Cord blood stem cells being frozen are 100% available and ready
for immediate release. Further withdrawal of matching units from the community inventory
is totally free.
Even in
advanced countries like the US about 50% of registered adult donors
back out at the time of medical need. In some cases, since the donor is required to
travel, there could be delays in access. Further there are significant costs in making
arrangements for sourcing these cells.
Recommended by Experts
Community
cord blood banking has the benefits of both private banking and public banking and hence is a superior
option.
No wonder
it’s supported by leading medical experts unlike private banking which has been
criticised- as inherited disorders make it unfit for baby’s own use & can only be withdrawn once for
family use.
Public cord
blood banks in India have limited inventory and are not growing due to lack of
financial aid. Further they charge upto ₹10 lakhs for releasing a matching unit.
Increasing Success Rates with Cord Blood
Success rates
for cord blood transplants are improving with each passing year due to innovations such as:
- Improved chemotherapy regimens that have led to lower transplant related mortality, lesser rejections, earlier patient discharge and lower complications
- Multiplying the number of cord blood stem cells in the lab or supplementing them with other stem cell sources has shown to accelerate the time to immune recovery without increase in side effects
Limited Indian-Origin Donors & Units
Representation of adult donors of Indian origin is less than 1% in global registries, and
size of Indian donor registries is significantly sub-optimal (<1 Million Donors) to provide
reasonable access to a matching donor
Inventory of
cord blood units within public banks in India is still very small (<10,000 units collectively)
Treatable Conditions
Over 50,000 stem cell transplants occur worldwide each year for treatment of 90+ conditions approved currently, and the researchers are continuing to investigate it’s use in several more indications.
Inherited Blood Disorders
Agnogenic
Myeloid Metaplasia (Myelofibrosis)
Agnogenic
Myeloid Metaplasia
Aplastic
Anemia (Severe)
Beta
Thalassemia Major
Blackfan-Diamond Anemia
Congenital
Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia (CAT)
Congenital
Cytopenia
Congenital
Dyserythropoietic Anemia
Dyskeratosis
Congenita
Essential
Thrombocythemia
Fanconi
Anemia
Glanzmann’s
Thrombasthenia
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Paroxysmal
Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
Polycythemia
Vera
Pure Red Cell
Aplasia
Refractory
Anemia with Excess Blasts (RAEB)
Refractory
Anemia with Excess Blasts in Transition (RAEB-T)
Refractory
Anemia with Ringed Sideroblasts (RARS)
Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome
Sickle Cell
Disease
Inherited Immune Disorders
Adenosine
Deaminase Deficiency (SCID)
Bare
Lymphocyte Syndrome (SCID)
Chediak-Higashi Syndrome (SCID)
Chronic
Granulomatous Disease
Congenital
Neutropenia
DiGeorge
Syndrome
Evans
Syndrome
Fucosidosis
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Hemophagocytosis Langerhans’ Cell Histiocytosis (Histiocytosis X)
IKK Gamma
Deficiency (NEMO Deficiency)
IKK Gamma
Deficiency
Immune
Dysregulation
Polyendocrinopathy, Enteropathy, X-linked
Kostmann
Syndrome (SCID)
Myelokathexis
Omenn
Syndrome (SCID)
Phosphorylase
Deficiency (SCID)
Purine
Nucleoside (SCID)
Reticular
Dysgenesis (SCID)
Severe
Combined Immunodeficiency Diseases (SCID)
Thymic
Dysplasia
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
X-linked
Agammaglobulinemia
X-Linked
Hyper IgM Syndrome
X-Linked
Lymphoproliferative Disorder
Inherited Errors in Metabolism
Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria (Gunther Disease)
Gaucher
Disease
Hunter
Syndrome (MPS-II)
Hurler
Syndrome (MPS-IH)
Krabbe
Disease
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
Mannosidosis
Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome (MPS-VI)
Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
Mucolipidosis II (I-cell Disease)
Neuronal
Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (Batten Disease)
Niemann-Pick Disease
Sandhoff
Disease
Sanfilippo Syndrome (MPS-III)
Scheie
Syndrome (MPS-IS)
Sly
Syndrome (MPS-VII)
Tay Sachs
Wolman
Disease
X-Linked
Adrenoleukodystrophy
Blood Cancers
Acute
Biphenotypic Leukemia
Acute
Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
Acute
Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
Acute
Undifferentiated Leukemia
Adult T
Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma
Chronic
Active Epstein Barr
Chronic
Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Chronic
Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
Chronic
Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML)
Juvenile
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (JCML)
Juvenile
Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)
Myeloid/Natural Killer (NK) Cell
PrecursorAcute Leukemia
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Prolymphocytic Leukemia
Leukocyte
Adhesion Deficiency
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Thymoma
(Thymic Carcinoma)
Wilms
Tumor
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Frequently Asked Questions
Wish To Know More?
How many extended family members can be added to the family floater plan?
Your siblings, their spouses and the children can be added to the family floater plan.
When can my family members make a retrieval?
Extended family members can make retrievals 2 years after enrolling for the Family Floater Plan
How many retrievals are allowed under this plan?
The Family Floater plan extends the same benefits of Community Banking to your extended family members. Therefore, the enrolled members shall be allowed unlimited retrievals.
Can this plan be extended to my sibling’s children?
Yes, the plan can be extended only to the existing children of your siblings at the time of enrolment.
Does the cost of adding an extended family member depend upon the cord blood banking plan?
Regardless of your cord blood banking plan, the cost of adding every additional extended family member will be Rs 10,000.
How long does the family floater plan cover the extended family members?
The family floater cover will continue for the duration of your chosen cord blood storage plan.
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