Vidaplus will process and retain cells mother of marrow bone, adipose tissue and peripheral blood for private use.

– it of the first Spanish company that keeps stem cells from these tissues for own use or any compatible family

MadridJanuary of 2013.- stem cell Vidaplus and the Institute of Medicine of Transfusion and Immunology of German Red Cross in Frankfurt will processed and crioconservaran stem cells from bone marrow, adipose tissue and peripheral blood for autologous use (own or any compatible family). This service will be added to the conservation of stem cells from umbilical cord blood Vidaplus provided to Spanish families who wish to maintain ownership over these samples since 2007.

Spanish legislation establishes that the units of umbilical cord blood and other cells and tissues stored in our country are available to any compatible receiver of the network Spanish of donor marrow bone (REDMO). However, in other countries, such as Germany, the legislation allows that the person which have been obtained stem cells can maintain ownership over them and thus be able to use in a possible therapeutic application in the family.

Today, the most common practice is the conservation of stem cells from the blood of the umbilical cord, since, through a simple and painless process, prospective parents claim is to have a few cells one hundred percent compatible with the donor baby and very high probabilities of compatibility with his brothers. Although there is a record of the specimens preserved in private banks, data handling companies dedicated to cryopreservation indicate that they have already exceeded the donated to the public system: 52.377 in late 2011, according to the last annual report of the national transplant organisation (ONT) hematopoietic donation. Although 2012 data has not yet been published, we do know that Spain has become the first country in Europe in units of cord blood stored.

. in the remaining sources, only some Spanish private clinics processed stem cells from adipose tissue, obtained through the technique of liposuction, and no Spanish company preserves samples of bone marrow or peripheral blood for private use. The number of registered Spanish bone marrow donor exceeded 93,000 in late 2011.

Experience, quality and safety

The Institute of Medicine of Transfusion and Immunology of German Red Cross has more than 60 years of experience in the field of Hematology and processed and crioconserva samples of stem cells under protocols Netcord governing public banks and the demanding German drug law (AMG). It’s the first and only joint European Bank, since processed cord blood for those families who wish to retain samples of stem cells from their children for domestic use both the German public system. In addition, the Institute meets the demanding requirements of the German quality GMP standards (Good Manufacturing Practices, good manufacturing practices). By its extensive experience in the preparation of stem cells for transplantation, both umbilical cord blood and the remaining sources, it has become Centre of reference of the organs Transplant Foundation (DSO) Germany.

For his part, Vidaplus has the experience of the hematologist José Francisco Tomás, as medical director of the company, specialist in blood of umbilical cord and bone marrow stem cell transplant.

Guarantees of quality and safety that brings an institution like German Red Cross do that, despite its high cost, Vidaplus stem cells go to process stem cells obtained from other tissues in the German institution. Now, Vidaplus aims to process and cryopreserve samples of cells mother from different sources in Spain, which already has begun discussions with the health counseling of the community of Madrid for the achievement of the relevant permissions for processing and cryopreservation. Subsequently, the obtained stem cells will be transferred to facilities of the German Red Cross for safe keeping, guaranteeing owners that if tomorrow need sample for autologous or allogeneic use, the same is available.