To bank stem cells means to acquire and store your own stem cells in a secure manner (i.e., a “bank”) so individualized cellular therapeutics can be manufactured for you whenever you need them. From one tablespoon of adult adipose (fat) tissue in an adult or from a newborn’s placenta, Hope Biosciences prepares a Master Stem Cell Bank. Your Master Cell Bank is safely stored at our headquarters and provides, on average, more than 1,000 therapeutic doses over the course of a lifetime.Learn more at the Hope Biosciences YouTube channel, where you'll find videos like these:

A Master Cell Bank is a collection of stem cells prepared from a single source (at Hope Biosciences, from your fat tissue and/or your baby’s placenta) and preserved under specific conditions. This cell bank can then be used to manufacture individualized therapeutics whenever you need them.Hope Biosciences’ core technology is a proprietary process through which we manufacture copies of your stem cells to unprecedented quantities and levels of viability, while maintaining original characteristics. Put plainly, that means through Hope Biosciences’ technology, your Master Cell Bank can be used throughout your lifetime to generate virtually unlimited quantities of your own stem cells (at least 1,000 treatments), that are the same as the cells taken from your body.

Stem cells are extracted from the amniotic membrane, a thin tissue covering the outside of the placenta, in our labs in Sugar Land, Texas.

Your Newborn Stem Cell Banking Kit contains detailed instructions for you, and for your physician or midwife. Let them know well in advance of the birth that you intend for the placenta to be submitted for stem cell storage. By following the instructions, and with full access to our team to answer any questions or concerns, they will prepare the placenta for release and, after the baby is born, appropriately package the placenta for shipment to Hope Biosciences.

After the amniotic membrane (a thin tissue covering the outside of the placenta) is removed, the rest of the placenta is appropriately discarded.If you would like to retain the placenta for any measure related to personal beliefs, traditions, and/or health considerations, please let us know so arrangements can be made to safely store the placenta for your pickup.

Hope Biosciences is proud of our “Peace of Mind Guarantee” - if we are unable to successfully process and bank your newborn’s stem cells, your payment will be fully refunded.

The stem cells used for Newborn Stem Cell Banking come from the placenta, which means the process occurs after birth and without direct contact to either mother or infant.

Though cellular therapeutics like ours are not yet FDA approved, there are FDA-regulated pathways for accessing treatment in case of disease or injury. By banking stem cells at birth, you ensure that should such a circumstance arise, your child’s cells can be accessed immediately, without the up-to-eight weeks it can take to culture a master cell bank.

By banking stem cells at birth, you ensure that should such disease or injury circumstance arise, your child’s cells can be accessed immediately, without the up-to-eight weeks it can take to culture a master cell bank. Banking at birth is also the only time a child’s stem cells can be harvested completely noninvasively.

Hope Biosciences utilizes proprietary processes and technology to produce safe, effective, repeatable cellular therapeutics from a specific cell type – mesenchymal stem cells – taken from adipose (fat) tissue. Our treatments feature a higher volume of stem cells, tested to higher levels of viability, than treatments from other manufacturers. Central to the capacity to create a lifetime of treatments for each banked individual is integrity and security of the Master Cell Bank, and frequent quality control testing at numerous points within the manufacturing process. Hope Biosciences specializes in delivering fresh stem cells validated before administration – many other companies produce frozen treatments that are simply thawed and given to patients without viability testing, creating inconsistencies and doubts about what, exactly, a patient receives. We are so confident in our ability to successfully bank your stem cells that we offer a “peace of mind guarantee” – if we can’t get the job done, you get your money back.Hope Biosciences is the only clinical-grade facility in the United States banking both adults and newborns. We are proudly headquartered in the U.S., and are committed to further access in the U.S. Learn more at the Hope Biosciences YouTube channel, where you'll find videos like these:

Stem cells banked at Hope Biosciences can be preserved indefinitely.

The Hope Biosciences Team is privileged to take your questions, and at the ready!Prefer to research on your own? Check out the Hope Biosciences YouTube channel, dive into the blog and news archive, or check out peer-reviewed publications on our cellular therapeutics.Here's a video from the Hope Bioscience YouTube channel that may interest you: