Cryo-Cell de México SA de CVINTERNET: www.cryo-cell.com.mx
PHONE: +52 (33) 3648-2250 or 01-800-999-CRYO del interior
OFFICE: Guadalajara
STORAGE: Guadalajara
COMMENTS:
Cryo-Cell de México licenses their name and training from the American bank Cryo-Cell, but they are INDEPENDTLY owned and have operated their own laboratory in Guadalajara since February 2002.
SERVICES & DISCOUNT OPTIONS:
•List of transplants from laboratory of Cryo-Cell de México (outlined in red)
•News report on spring 2004 transplant performed by Cryo-Cell de México.
•Cryo-Cell de México has operated their own laboratory in Guadalajara since Feb. 2002.
•In summer 2005, and again in 2009, Cryo-Cell de México moved into a bigger building with a secure bunker for long term storage. The current facility has a capacity of 350 million collections, the largest capacity installed in Latino America.
•Cryo-Cell México is accredited by the Ministry of health in México, and by the COFEPRIS (Federal Commission of the Prevention of Health Risks).
•Cryo-Cell México collection kit provides a bag to collect blood from the umbilical cord by gravity drip before delivery of the placenta.
•Cryo-Cell México shipping container holds a temperature logger that can be programmed by the user: the user selects the frequency of temperature readings and the alarm thresholds. It has an LED status indicator and a lithium battery with a lifetime of approx. one year.
•Courier service is not included in the contract, but Cryo-Cell México has relationships with courier providers throughout the country and can help parents hire courier service at a good rate.
•Cryo-Cell Méxicooffers two different options for laboratory processing:
•The first processing option is manual processing by technicians who add a freezing solvent to the blood and spin it in a centrifuge to separate the cell layers. The final storage is in 2 cryogenic vials of sample plus 2 vials for quality control testing.
•The second processing option is automated processing with the Sepax system from the Swiss company Biosafe. Sepax is an automated cell separation system which relies on a light beam to sense the density gradient between different cell layers after the blood has been spun in a centrifuge. The bag kit is sterile, functionally closed, and single-use.
•The final collection is tested for the total MonoNuclear Cell (MNC) count and the CD34+ cell count. These are tests that are correlated with the number of stem cells.
•Final cell storage is in the vapor phase of liquid nitrogen. Separate freezers hold vials from manual processing or bags from automated processing.
•At present (June 2010) the processing fees are $975 manual or $1195 automated. In both cases the first year of storage is included. Thereafter storage is $126/year.
•Payment plans are available, and discounts are offered for packages of pre-paid storage.
•Medical professionals qualify for special rates.
•Cryo-Cell México offers nationwide service and has strategic alliances with numerous hospitals.
•Cryo-Cell México has a charity program to help families with sick children.
•As of June 2010, Cryo-Cell México claims an inventory of more than 63,000 cord blood collections and has released 11 transplants.
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