Mangalore: Dr. Ram Bhat, Director, StemCyte India at the press meet held at Press Club on Saturday, November 20, Saturday, said that the Collection Centre of UCB Stem Cells in Mangalore is fully equipped with all facilities and technical expertise
Speaking on the occasion, he also said that the umbilical cord blood (USB) is collected from the mother after the delivery by being clamped and cut out. Further the collected unit will be transported for the processing, testing and storage facility in Ahamadabad, Gujarat state.
The primary mission of the company is to help the world’s leading physicians save more lives by providing high quality, safe and effective stem cells for transplantation and therapy to all patients in need, he added.
The collected Stem Cells have the potential of treating various diseases such as Cancer, Thalassemia, Sickle cell anemia, Fanconi anemia, etc., he added.